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outcast

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/

The English word “outcast” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To cast out; to banish.

adjective

  1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

noun

  1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
  2. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
  3. A quarrel.
  4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

Etymology

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

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