— excluder , n. — exclusory /ik sklooh"seuh ree, -zeuh ree/ , adj.
/ik skloohd"/ , v.t., excluded, excluding .
1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
[ 1350-1400; ME excludere to shut out, cut off, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + -cludere (comb. form of claudere to close) ]
Syn. 1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.
Ant. 1. include.