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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