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  • seater
    seater
    noun
    a person or thing that seats.
  • -seater
    -seater
    noun
    a settee, vehicle, cinema, etc, having a number of seats as specified

seater

American  
[see-ter] / ˈsi tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that seats.

  2. a vehicle that seats a specified number of persons (usually used in combination).

    The car is a four-seater.


-seater British  

noun

  1. a settee, vehicle, cinema, etc, having a number of seats as specified

    a forty-seater coach

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of seater

First recorded in 1685–95; seat + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Thursday night's performance certainly showed she is more than qualified to be a country singer, but perhaps that a 60,000 seater stadium is not the best arena for it.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

Maruti Suzuki, India's biggest automaker, is looking to break into the premium car segment with its new seven seater, as a growing number of buyers opt for bigger, feature-packed cars.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

Meanwhile, my youngest is just getting the hang of things as a daredevil back seater on his eldest brother’s scooter.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2018

It’s bulky, that’s for sure — being a six seater it has ample room inside — but the ease of driving the vehicle makes you forget how big it is.

From The Verge • Dec. 27, 2017

It's a two seater, and was built as a torpedo plane.

From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney

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