come-outer

[ kuhm-ou-ter ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of come-outer¹

1830–40, Americanism; come out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

There were nine chances out of ten that whoever found it would recognize it as belonging to the old "Come-Outer."

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And—as you might expect from that kind of a man—he was more down on tobacco than the Come-Outer parson himself.

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The old "Come-Outer" lay in the path with his arms outstretched, as if he had fallen while running.

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Ellery realized that here was another sort of Come-Outer, one of the Hammond type.

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The lichened eaves of the little "Come-Outer" chapel dripped at sedate intervals.

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