leaver

noun — 4 senses

leaver

nounalso spelled Leaver

Etymology From leave + -er.

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

Government, Politics UK 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 February 11, Toby Helm, “Revealed: secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

3

Australia, Western Synonym of schoolie (“a senior student”).

Derived terms: bad leaver, careleaver, good leaver, school-leaver

Leaver

noun

Etymology From leave + -er (ideological suffix).

1

Government, Politics UK Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

Synonyms: Brexiter, Brexiteer
Antonyms: Remainer, Remainiac, Europhile

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