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castaway
/ ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ /
noun
- a person who has been shipwrecked
- something thrown off or away; castoff
adjective
- shipwrecked or put adrift
- thrown away or rejected
verb
- tr, adverb; often passive to cause (a ship, person, etc) to be shipwrecked or abandoned
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Word History and Origins
Origin of castaway1
First recorded in 1520–30; noun, adj. use of verb phrase cast away
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Example Sentences
Mary, Rorie, and the black castaway were seated about the fire in silence; and I could see that Mary had been weeping.
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Think of it, ye who have envied the fate of the castaway on a gorgeous and fertile tropical island perhaps miles in extent!
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Away out at sea, terribly near the coast of Death she saw him, a living being, as the castaway sees a ship on the far horizon.
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I 'm sure mother does n't; and it 's only yourself, Polly, will ever feel a heavy heart for the poor castaway!
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But doubtless these lovely miles and miles of crystalline oceans had been but a desert to the castaway.
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