Home › Words › S › statesiderstatesiderstatesider · noun — A continental (US) American; a United States mainlander.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom stateside + -er.nounA continental (US) American; a United States mainlander.e.g.“Besides being a young lady of only eight, she is a statesider […]” — 1948 July 7, Alaska Life: The Territorial Magazine, volume 11, page 7:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mainlander 68% match — Someone who lives on the mainland. vs statesider →outstater 67% match — Someone from a different state. vs statesider →interstater 64% match — One who, or that which, is from another state. vs statesider →transpondian 61% match — Someone from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the British Isles or the United States. vs statesider →coastlander 61% match — A person who lives along the coast. vs statesider →inlander 60% match — Someone who lives inland. vs statesider →continental 59% match — Of or relating to a continent or continents. vs statesider →statemate 59% match — One who comes from the same state. vs statesider →