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noun
A person who is a stan (“obsessive fan”) of multiple people or things, especially K-pop performers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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Synonyms: multi
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A proposed special territory in apartheid-era South Africa in which racial laws are repealed and the authority of the central government is reduced, advocated as a policy by Paul N. Malherbe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, historical
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From multi- + stan (“obsessive fan”).
From multi- + -stan, possibly modelled after bantustan. Coined by Paul N. Malherbe in his 1974 book Multistan: A Way Out of the South African Dilemma.
