Meaning of United Statian | Babel Free

Definitions

A citizen or inhabitant of the United States.

nonstandard, rare

Examples

“What Darcy did is [...] history for the Australian topped up to George, -hook hands with our United Statian and biffed, banged and roughed heads, shoulders and elbows for 20 long rounds to a draw.”

“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).”

“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.”

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