[f. STATE v. + -ER1.] One who states. Average stater = average-adjuster: see AVERAGE sb.2 4 b.
1702. 3rd Let. to Gentl. in Country, 21. The Stater of the Case … makes me to affirm the Former.
1702. R. Crosfeild, Affections of People, 6. Those Gentlemen that were then the Publick Staters of Accounts.
1820. Lady Granville, Lett., 6 Sept., Lett. (1894), I. 179. It is of no use what is stated when people are resolved not to believe the staters.
1884. Times, 5 April, 5/5. Mr. Smith … for many years carried on business at Glasgow as an average stater.
