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seater

noun

seat·​er ˈsē-tər How to pronounce seater (audio)
1
: one that seats
2
: one that has a specified number of seats
used in combination
a 2-seater jet

Examples of seater in a Sentence

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Redtail Air Connections offers small-plane, eight-seater flights twice a week from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Canyonlands Regional Airport (CNY), just north of Moab. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025 Window-seaters also averaged just 12 contacts with other passengers per flight, compared with 64 for aisle seaters. Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 On the opposite riverbank, the 60,000-seater bowl of Perth Stadium will host its first Ashes Test — carrying Australian hopes for a winning start to their defence of the urn. Michael Bailey, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025 At the same time, the four-seater brings back an iconic nameplate that was previously gone but not forgotten. New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seater

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seater was in 1693

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“Seater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seater. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

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