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statesider

or state sid·er

[ steyt-sahy-der ]
/ ˈsteɪtˌsaɪ dər /
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noun

a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.

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Origin of statesider

stateside + -er1

Words nearby statesider

state services, State Services Commission, state's evidence, States-General, stateside, statesider, statesman, statesmanship, state socialism, States of the Church, states' righter
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