statie

state +‎ -ie

statie (plural staties)

1. (New England, slang, law enforcement) A state trooper.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

     Alan supposed the Staties would arrest him if they ran across him while they pursued other lines of investigation, but otherwise, no. They had more important things to do.

• Taites, eats it, taties

Variant of station, based on other words in which French -ion corresponds to Dutch -ie.

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.si/

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• Hyphenation: sta‧tie
• Rhymes: -aːsi

statie f (plural staties, diminutive statietje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) train station

   Synonym: station

• → Indonesian: stasi