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outcast |
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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