Meanings
plural outgoers
- One who or that which goes out or departs.
Also, a larger percentage of ailing outgoers than frail recluses would consider rebates.
1996, George P. Moschis, Gerontographics: Life-stage Segmentation for Marketing Strategy Development, page 762 more examples
This tenancy necessitates the most complicated arrangements to dovetail the interests of the incomer and outgoer.
1850, George Wingrove Cooke, A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Agricultural Tenancies, page 49Then there exists a unique outgoer and unique ingoer (up to parametrization) through each point of Kerr-star spacetime.
2014, Barrett O'Neill, The Geometry of Kerr Black Holes, page 86
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who leaves one country to settle in another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishoutgoer
- Englishoutgoer
From Middle English outgoer, equivalent to outgo + -er or out + goer; compare incomer.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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