stater

[ stey-ter ]

/ ˈsteɪ tər /

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noun

any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.

Origin of stater

1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin statēr<Greek statḗr, akin to histánai to place in the balance, literally, to make stand

Words nearby stater

State of the Union message, state of war, state police, state prayers, state prison, stater, State Registered Nurse, state religion, state rights, stateroom, States

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Example sentences from the Web for stater

They had no coinage, whereas those in the south-east had theirs, copied from a stater of Philip of Macedon.
Cornwall|Sabine Baring-Gould
We had a controversy in Bloomsbury on one occasion about a gold Athenian stater sent to me on approval.
The Confessions of a Collector|William Carew Hazlitt
Stater—A gold coin; estimated at about twelve shillings, three pence.
Philothea|Lydia Maria Child
Every man was to receive a stater per month, the captains twice, and the generals four times as much.
Callias|Alfred John Church

The miraculous draught of fishes, and the stater in the fish's mouth?
Inspiration and Interpretation|John Burgon

British Dictionary definitions for stater

stater

/ (ˈsteɪtə) /

noun

any of various usually silver coins of ancient Greece

Word Origin for stater

C14: via Late Latin from Greek statēr a standard of weight, from histanai to stand

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	stater
释义	stater [ stey-ter ] / ˈsteɪ tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stater ON THESAURUS.COM noun any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities. Origin of stater 1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin statēr<Greek statḗr, akin to histánai to place in the balance, literally, to make stand Words nearby stater State of the Union message, state of war, state police, state prayers, state prison, stater, State Registered Nurse, state religion, state rights, stateroom, States Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stater They had no coinage, whereas those in the south-east had theirs, copied from a stater of Philip of Macedon. Cornwall\|Sabine Baring-Gould We had a controversy in Bloomsbury on one occasion about a gold Athenian stater sent to me on approval. The Confessions of a Collector\|William Carew Hazlitt Stater—A gold coin; estimated at about twelve shillings, three pence. Philothea\|Lydia Maria Child Every man was to receive a stater per month, the captains twice, and the generals four times as much. Callias\|Alfred John Church The miraculous draught of fishes, and the stater in the fish's mouth? Inspiration and Interpretation\|John Burgon British Dictionary definitions for stater stater / (ˈsteɪtə) / noun any of various usually silver coins of ancient Greece Word Origin for stater C14: via Late Latin from Greek statēr a standard of weight, from histanai to stand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stater communal, civil, ethnic, domestic, governmental, internal, social, public, nationwide, interstate, urban, mutual, civic, national, popular, universal, royal, sovereign, general, state
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stater

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noun

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