United Statian
English
Etymology
From United States + -ian.
Noun
United Statian (plural United Statians)
- (rare) A citizen or inhabitant of the United States.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 103:
- Mme de Réan-Fichini [...] published her treatise, On Contraceptive Devices, in Kapuskan patois (to spare the blushes of Estonians and United Statians; while instructing hardier fellow-workers in her chosen field).
- 2006, Mark Pearson & Martin Westerman, Spain from a Backpack, page 17:
- I started calling myself a “United Statian,” because calling myself an “American” seemed presumptuous, since everybody else from every other country in our hemisphere is American, too.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 103:
Adjective
United Statian (comparative more United Statian, superlative most United Statian)
- Pertaining to the United States.
- 2010, Lourdes Diaz Soto et al., Teaching Bilingual/Bicultural Children, page 71:
- Bilingual/ bicultural students do not fit easily into the prevailing United Statian racial categories.
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