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Webster 1913 Edition
Casualty
Cas′u-al-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Casualties
(#)
. [F.
casualité
, LL. casualitas
.] 1.
That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Losses that befall them by mere
casualty
. Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident;
as, an unhappy
. casualty
3.
pl.
(Mil. & Naval)
Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Syn. – Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.
Webster 1828 Edition
Casualty
CASUALTY
,Noun.
1.
Accident; that which comes by chance or without design, or without being foreseen; contingency.2.
An accident that produces unnatural death; and by a metonymy, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident.3.
In Scots law, an emolument due from a vassal to his superior, beyond the stated yearly duties, upon certain casual events.Definition 2024
casualty
casualty
English
Noun
casualty (plural casualties)
- (obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
- The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
- Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
- (Britain) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
Synonyms
(hospital's accident and emergency):
- emergency / emergency room / emergency department / emergency ward / E. R./E.R./ER
- casualty department / casualty ward
- accident and emergency / A&E
Derived terms
- casualty department
- casualty event
- casualty ward
Related terms
Translations
an accident, a disaster
person
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