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come-outer, n. U.S.
[irreg. f. verbal phrase come out (see come v. 67) + -er.]
One who ‘comes out’ or separates himself on principle from an established society or organization; originally applied to certain religious dissenters; a radical reformer in religious matters.
1855Haliburton Human Nature (Bartlett), I am a Christian man of the sect called come-outers, and have had experience. 1860Marsh Eng. Lang. 275 Independent thinkers, who pride themselves on their hostility to venerable shams, and their disregard of hoary conventionalities. I mean the comeouters. 1881Harper's Mag. Feb. 386 Radical reformers, ‘come-outers’, revolutionists. |