exodust

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Exoduster.

Verb

exodust (third-person singular simple present exodusts, present participle exodusting, simple past and past participle exodusted)

1. (US, historical) Of an African-American: To leave a Southern state as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.

Usage notes

This verb is very rarely found in the forms exodust or exodusts. The participles exodusted and exodusting occur frequently in late 19th-century texts on this topic.

Related terms

• exodus
• Exoduster