come-outer

American  

[kuhm-ou-ter] / ˌkʌmˈaʊ tər /

noun

Informal.

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

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Etymology

Origin of come-outer

1830–40, come out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And all the flowers cried out: "No, you are no flower at all; you are a come-outer."

From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart

She was a come-outer before her son was, and ever appealed in spirit to the God of Battles for peace.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert

Do you know," he said, and a blush spread over his face, "I pretty near cried when that young come-outer was dyin', and said about himself, 'I was a giant.'

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

The passage of the Act for the Support of Literature and Religion raised, as the Congregationalists ought to have known it would, a violent protest from every dissenter and from every political come-outer.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise

"That young come-outer, and his fam'ly that can't understand him—for he is broad gauge, yu' see, and they are narro' gauge."

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen