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good-byer

good-byer noun: a person who says good-bye.

Noun

good-byer (plural good-byers)

  1. (rare) A person who says good-bye.
    • The Churchman's Companion
      If that last deputation of good-byers hadn't made us all wretched I should have begun to fancy we were statues or idiots.

Forms of good-byer

pluralgood-byers

Origin of good-byer

From good-bye + -er. First used in the mid-19th century.

Questions about good-byer

What does good-byer mean?
Good-byer means a person who says good-bye.
What part of speech is good-byer?
Good-byer is a noun.
What is the plural of good-byer?
The plural of good-byer is good-byers.

Words near good-byer in the dictionary

  1. good-bad
  2. good-brother
  3. good-brothers
  4. good-by
  5. good-bye
  6. good-byer
  7. good-byers
  8. good-byes
  9. good-bys
  10. good-class bungalow
  11. good-class bungalows

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