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OUTCAST
friendless, outcast
(adjective) excluded from a society
outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael
(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast)
To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]
Adjective
outcast (comparative more outcast, superlative most outcast)
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
outcast (plural outcasts)
One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms: outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar
(more generally) Someone who does not belong; a misfit.
(Scotland) A quarrel.
The amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting.
Synonyms
• See also outcast
Anagrams
• acts out, cast out, outacts
Source: Wiktionary
Out"cast`, a. Etym: [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]
Definition: Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.
Out"cast`, n.
1. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond. The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Ps. cxlvii. 2.
2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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