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Exovede
[coined by Louis Riel: L ex from, and ovede flock]
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a member of the Exovedate.
Quotations
1885
Yours, LOUIS "DAVID" RIEL, EXOVEDE.
1885
McKay, with a gesture worthy of Cyrano, ventured to say that Riel would have it, whereupon the Exovede rose abruptly, mentioned a committee meeting, and left the room.
1963
Riel remained aloof. . . . But he did make his own special contribution by giving the new body a name. Each man was called an exovede, and the council itself the Exovedate.