Exoduster
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Exodus, in allusion to the story of the Israelites' flight from Egypt in the biblical Book of Exodus + a suffix of agency. Most likely Exodus + -ster, but perhaps exodist + -er.
The earliest attestation is a figurative one in an 1879 education journal. See Citations:Exoduster.
Noun
[edit]Exoduster (plural Exodusters)
- Any of the African-Americans who migrated to Kansas mostly between 1879 and 1881, during the Reconstruction era of American history.
Adjective
[edit]Exoduster (not comparable)
- Relating to the migration of African-Americans to Kansas mostly between 1879 and 1881, during the Reconstruction era of American history.