Meanings
verbexodust (third-person singular simple present exodusts, present participle exodusting, simple past and past participle exodusted)
present singular third person exodusts · participle present exodusting · participle past exodusted · past exodusted
- UShistoricaltransitiveOf an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.
Origin
Back-formation from exoduster.
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exodust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exodust
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“exodust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exodust. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exodust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exodust.
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