statesider

or state sid·er

[ steyt-sahy-der ]

/ ˈsteɪtˌsaɪ dər /

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noun

a person who lives in any part of the continental United States or conterminous United States, rather than in Hawaii or a U.S. territory: She runs a small farm in Guam, but for two months a year she’s a statesider in Kentucky.

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Origin of statesider

First recorded in 1935–40; stateside + -er¹

Words nearby statesider

State Services Commission, state's evidence, States-General, stateside, stateside Puerto Rican, statesider, stateside Virgin Islands American, statesman, statesmanship, state socialism, States of the Church