exoduster

== English == === Alternative forms === Exoduster === Etymology === From Exodus (“departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt recorded in the Bible”), exodus (“sudden departure of a large number of people”) +‎ -ster (suffix denoting someone who is, is associated with, or does a specified thing) (see the 1899 quotation), alluding to the story of the exodus of Israelites from Egypt which is related in the Book of Exodus in the Bible. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛksəʊdʌstə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛksoʊˌdʌstəɹ/ Hyphenation: ex‧o‧dus‧ter === Noun === exoduster (plural exodusters) (US, historical, also attributive) An African-American who migrated from a state along the Mississippi River in the Southern United States to Kansas, mostly between 1879 and 1881 during the Reconstruction era. [from 1879] Hypernym: exodist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === exodusters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === dexterous