exodistn.
/ˈɛksədɪst/ rare.
1. One who makes an exodus. In quot. 1883 applied to the Israelites.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > instance of > specifically of the Israelites from Egypt > one who
exodist1883
1883 R. F. Burton in Academy 5 May 311/2 The Exodists would naturally travel by the present Háj highway from Suez to El-'Akabah.
2. One who departs or goes out from one place to settle in another; an emigrant.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant
transmigrant1622
transmigrator1743
emigrant1754
top-cast1827
emigrator1837
exodist1848
out-settler1852
little brother1925
out-migrant1936
emigré1955
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. Introd. p. xviii Want was the prime foe these hardy exodists had to fortress themselves against.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1848- to step out of
- to step out of line
- to step out of one's box
- to step over
- to step short
- to step the light fantastic
- to step to
- to step to the plate
- to step together
- to step up
- to step up a gear
- to step up to the plate
- to step upon
- to stern
- to stew in one's own gravy
- to stick a finger up at
- to stick a napkin under one's chin
- to stick around
- to stick at
- to stick at nothing
- to stick away
- to stick by
- to stick cleave like a bur
- to stick cling like a bur
- to stick down