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good-byer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who says good-bye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Examples

  • The Churchman's Companion If that last deputation of good-byers hadn't made us all wretched I should have begun to fancy we were statues or idiots.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From good-bye + -er. First used in the mid-19th century.