Definition of outcast Outcast

/awˈtkæˌst/ - [awkast] - out•cast

We found 10 definitions of outcast from 6 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: outcasts

outcast - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
  castaway, pariah, Ishmael
  unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune
  misbeliever, religious outcast, heretic a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
  leper a pariah who is avoided by others
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • outcast (Noun)
    One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.
  • outcast (Verb)
    To cast out ; to banish.
  • outcast (Adjective)
    That has been cast out ; banished, ostracized.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • outcast (a.)
    Cast out; degraded.
  • outcast (n.)
    One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.
  • outcast (n.)
    A quarrel; a contention.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • outcast
    Someone who is despised or rejected.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • outcast
    owt′kast, adj. exiled from home or country: rejected.—n. a person banished: a vagabond: an exile: (Scot.) a quarrel: the amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting

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