exodust

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from Exoduster. === Verb === exodust (third-person singular simple present exodusts, present participle exodusting, simple past and past participle exodusted) (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