exodust

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from exoduster. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛksəʊdʌst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛksoʊˌdʌst/ Hyphenation: ex‧o‧dust === Verb === exodust (third-person singular simple present exodusts, present participle exodusting, simple past and past participle exodusted) (transitive, US, historical) Of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States 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 ==== Translations ====