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outcast

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out⋅cast

1  [out-kast, -kahst]
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–noun
1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society: In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons.
2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond.
3. rejected matter; refuse.
–adjective
4. cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son.
5. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery.
6. rejected or discarded: outcast opinions.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see out-, cast

Synonyms:
1. exile, refugee, expatriate; leper, pariah.

out⋅cast

2  [out-kast, -kahst]
–noun Scot.
a falling out; quarrel.
Origin:
1590–1600; n. use of v. phrase (Scot) cast out
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out·cast   (out'kāst')   
n.  One that has been excluded from a society or system.
out'cast' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

outcast  (n.)
c.1300 "a person cast out or rejected," originally pp. of M.E. outcasten, from out + casten "to cast." The adj. is attested from c.1374. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1878; see caste.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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