United Stateser

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From United States +‎ -er (inhabitant suffix).

Noun[edit]

United Stateser (plural United Statesers)

  1. (nonstandard, often humorous) A resident or citizen of the United States.
    • 1904 July, “Fast Illustrating”, in The Canadian Magazine [], volume 23, number 3, page 289:
      It is a British publication, but not so slow as some colonials and a few United Statesers would have us believe British business men generally usually are.
    • 1923, William Carlos Williams, The Great American Novel, page 25:
      A United Stateser. Yes it's ugly, there is no word to say it better. I do not believe in ugliness. I do not want to call myself a United Stateser but what in — but what else am I?

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