CASTAWAY

castaway, shipwreck survivor

(noun) a shipwrecked person

outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael

(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

castaway (not comparable)

Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

Shipwrecked.

Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

Noun

castaway (plural castaways)

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

A discarded person or thing.

An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

Synonyms

• See also outcast

Source: Wiktionary


Cast"a*way, n.

1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

Cast"a*way, a.

Definition: Of no value; rejected; useless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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