exiter

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noun

One who exits.

OriginEnglish exit ← Middle English exit ← Latin exitus →
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Meanings

nounexiter (plural exiters)

plural exiters

  1. One who exits.

    High lateral entry is associated with low gross entry and exit rates and patent shares, low relative size (in terms of patents) of exiters (in particular, lateral exiters), and net entrants and exiters.

    1999, Alfonso Gambardella, Franco Malerba, The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe, page 53

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Latineō
  7. Latinexeō
  8. Latinexitus
  9. Middle Englishexit
  10. Englishexit
  11. Englishexiter

From exit + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

reexit
Cite this entry
APA

exiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exiter

MLA

“exiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exiter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exiter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exiter.

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