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exodust

Syllables: ex·o·dustUK/ˈɛksəʊdʌst/US/ˈɛksoʊˌdʌst/

exodust verb: of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.

Verb

exodust (third-person singular simple present exodusts, present participle exodusting, simple past and past participle exodusted)

  1. (US, historical, transitive) Of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.

Forms of exodust

third-person singular presentexodusts
present participleexodusting
past participleexodusted
pastexodusted

Origin of exodust

Back-formation from exoduster.

Questions about exodust

What does exodust mean?
Exodust means of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.
What part of speech is exodust?
Exodust is a verb.
How do you pronounce exodust?
Exodust is pronounced /ˈɛksəʊdʌst/ (UK).
What is the past tense of exodust?
The past tense of exodust is exodusted.

Words near exodust in the dictionary

  1. exodus
  2. exodused
  3. exoduses
  4. exodusing
  5. exodusses
  6. exodust
  7. exodusted
  8. exoduster
  9. exodusters
  10. exodusting
  11. exodusts

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