leaver

Etymology

leave + -er

noun

  1. One who leaves.
    This year's school leavers have excellent grades.
    He's a leaver, not a stayer: he'll never be happy tied down in one place.
  2. (UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of Leaver
    An extraordinary cross-party summit bringing together leading leavers and remainers – including Michael Gove and senior members of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet – has been held in high secrecy to address the failings of Brexit and how to remedy them in the national interest, the Observer can reveal. 2023-02-11, Toby Helm, “Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN

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