OUTCAST

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Cast out; degraded. "Outcast, rejected." Longfellow.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] Jamieson.


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