United Statian

English

Etymology

From United States +‎ -ian.

Noun

United Statian (plural United Statians)

  1. (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.

Adjective

United Statian (comparative more United Statian, superlative most United Statian)

  1. 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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