outgoer

noun

: one that goes out

separate ways for outgoers and incomers

—Lew Wallace

: such as

a

: an outgoing tenant

the outgoer could retain use of the farmhouse … until the 12th of May

—A. D. Rees

b

: a clay target that is moving away from the shooter

Word History

Etymology

out entry 3 + goer (after go out)

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