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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outcast  \Out"cast`\,  a.  [Cf.  Sw  utkasta  to  cast  out.] 
  Cast  out  degraded.  ``Outcast,  rejected.''  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outcast 
  adj  :  excluded  from  a  society  [syn:  {friendless}] 
  n  :  a  person  who  is  rejected  (from  society  or  home)  [syn:  {castaway}, 
  {pariah}] 




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