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Definition of Stater
1. Noun. Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece.
2. Noun. A resident of a particular state or group of states. "Farm staters"
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. Noun. A gold, silver or electrum coin of ancient Greece. ¹
2. Noun. A citizen of the United States of America who is a confirmed or lifelong resident of one single state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stater
1. one that states [n -S] - See also: states
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stater
Literary usage of Stater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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