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outcast - 6 dictionary results

out⋅cast

1[out-kast, -kahst]
–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


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
out·cast   (out'kāst')   
n.  One that has been excluded from a society or system.
out'cast' adj.

Outcast

Out"cast`\, a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.] Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." --Longfellow.

Outcast

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.
Language Translation for : outcast
Spanish: paria,
German: der, *die Ausgestoßene,
Japanese: 追放された人

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.
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