seater

See also: Seater

English

Etymology

From seat +‎ -er (measurement suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsitɚ/

Noun

seater (plural seaters)

1. (in combination, often attributive) A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.

   a single-seater aircraft

   Our new sofa is a three-seater.

   • 1984, Don Dwiggins, Welcome to Flying: A Primer for Pilots, Blue Ridge Summit, P.A.: TAB Books, →ISBN, page 12:

     The Cub is a two-place tandem-seating craft, while the Luscombe and Cessna 120/140 are two-place side-by-side seaters.

   • 2021 January 25, Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-14:

     Toyota is developing a hydrogen fuel cell car, but the research and development costs are eye-watering. By contrast, a British firm, Riversimple, is producing a cheap, compact two-seater, which will probably come to dominate the small car market, particularly for drivers who cannot plug in a car at home.

   • 2023, Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer, page 33:

     I've heard it's a one-seater, and I really need my privacy when I go.

2. Agent noun of seat, one who seats.

Related terms

• all-seater
• all-seater stadium
• backseater
• chair seater
• frontseater
• two-seater

 

Anagrams

• teares, eaters, Eastre, teresa, Teresa, asteer, saeter, reseat, teaser, Teares, aretes, steare, arsete, ratees, Trease, easter, arêtes, sæter, Easter, earset, Taseer, staree