Definition of "stater" []

• A resident of a particular state or type of state. Often used in combination: Lone Star staters; farm staters; the struggle between slave staters and free staters. (noun)
• Any of various gold, silver, or electrum coins of ancient Greece. (noun)

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• "Coins larger than the drachma also existed; the largest denomination in each weight system is known as a stater."
• "The stater was a unit of currency; probably in this case the Corinthian stater, almost equal to two Attic drachmas; see Appendix J, Classical Greek Currency, ©4."
• "A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money."