Exoduster

Meanings

Noun

• Any of the African-Americans who migrated to Kansas mostly between 1879 and 1881, during the Reconstruction era of American history.

Adjective

• Relating to the migration of African-Americans to Kansas mostly between 1879 and 1881, during the Reconstruction era of American history.

Origin

• From Exodus, in allusion to the story of the Israelites' flight from Egypt in the biblical Book of Exodus + a suffix of agency. Most likely Exodus + -ster, but perhaps exodist + -er.
• The earliest attestation is a figurative one in an 1879 education journal. See Citations:Exoduster.