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come-outer

come-outer noun: one who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.

Noun

come-outer (plural come-outers)

  1. One who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.
    • Despite her family's wishes, she left Christianity, becoming a come-outer of her former faith.
  2. One who seeks radical political or religious reform.
    • The passage of the Act for the Support of Literature and Religion raised, as the Congregationalists ought to have known it would, a violent protest from every dissenter and from every political come−outer.2003, M. Louise Greene, Ph. D., The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut, page 144

Forms of come-outer

pluralcome-outers
alternative formcomeouter

Origin of come-outer

From come out + -er, referring to a passage in Corinthians in the Bible: "come out from among them, and be ye separate".

Questions about come-outer

What does come-outer mean?
Come-outer means one who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.
What part of speech is come-outer?
Come-outer is a noun.
What is the plural of come-outer?
The plural of come-outer is come-outers.

Words near come-outer in the dictionary

  1. come-o'-wills
  2. come-off
  3. come-offs
  4. come-on
  5. come-ons
  6. come-outer
  7. come-outerism
  8. come-outers
  9. come-outism
  10. come-over
  11. come-overs

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