Definition of Stater

1. Noun. Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece.

Generic synonyms: Coin

2. Noun. A resident of a particular state or group of states. "Farm staters"
Generic synonyms: Occupant, Occupier, Resident

Definition of Stater

1. n. One who states.

2. n. The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.

Definition of Stater

1. one that states [n -S] - See also: states

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stater

Statehouse
statehouses
stateless
statelessness
statelessnesses
stateless person
statelier
stateliest
stateliness
statelinesses
stately
stately home
statement
statements
Staten Island
stater (current term)
stateroom
staterooms
staters
states
states' rights
States' Rights Democratic Party
stateside
statesman
statesmanlike
statesmanly
statesmanship
statesmanships
statesmen
stateswoman

Literary usage of Stater

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1. A Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States ...by Stewart Rapalje by Stewart Rapalje (1891)
"95 35210 stater. Brown. 4 Rhode bland. 528 lu, 1C3 State т. ... Clifford, 14 Nerada.7S 33526 stater. Clinton.67 Missouri.380 99506 ' State r. Coggswell. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, John Mee Fuller (1893)
"The term stater, from Tim;/«, is held to signify a coin of a certain weight, but perhaps means ... This stater was thus of 184 + grains, and equivalent to a ..."

3. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"Camden and Atlantic RRCo 254 Story T. Johnson 351 stater. Adam* 729 State T. Andrew 442 ... Conklin 736 stater. Cooper 829 stater. Elliott 729 stater. ..."

4. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, Richard Niccols, John Higgins (1815)
"... HOW KING stater OF Scotland was slay ne by ... How stately I stater, of Scotland the King, Did beare mee full ..."

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