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ˈstayer

/ ˈsteɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that stays
  2. informal.
    1. a persistent or tenacious person
    2. horse racing a persistent horse
“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


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Example Sentences

The banker, knowing he was a stayer, lent him the cash he needed, and so he became a property owner.

He held down both jobs for 25 years, which proved he was a stayer.

She was considerate in all things, not wasteful of any thing, a stayer at home, prudent and disposed to seriousness.

Speaking of brush wolves: The kind of dog needed is a good ranger, extra good cold trailer and an everlasting stayer.

Human knowledge is relative, not absolute, and the inveterate stayer at home is but a poor judge of his own birthplace.

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