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Webster 1913 Edition
Outcast
Out′castˊ
,Adj.
[Cf. Sw.
utkasta
to cast out.] Cast out; degraded.
“Outcast, rejected.” Longfellow.
Out′castˊ
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outcast
OUT'CAST
,pp.
OUT'CAST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
outcast
outcast
English
Verb
outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast)
- To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- All as a blazing starre doth farre outcast / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
Adjective
outcast (comparative more outcast, superlative most outcast)
- That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]
- Longfellow
- Outcast, rejected.
- Longfellow
Noun
outcast (plural outcasts)
- One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- social outcast
Translations
one that has been excluded from a society or system a pariah
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