Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.

    Despite her family's wishes, she left Christianity, becoming a come-outer of her former faith.

  2. One who seeks radical political or religious reform.

Origin

From come out + -er, referring to a passage in Corinthians in the Bible: "come out from am

From come out + -er, referring to a passage in Corinthians in the Bible: "come out from among them, and be ye separate".

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Forms

plural: come-outers

Word family

2 related words

See also

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