outcast
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out·cast

noun \ˈat-ˌkast\

Definition of OUTCAST

1
: one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
2
[Scots cast out to quarrel] Scottish : quarrel
outcast adjective

Examples of OUTCAST

  1. She felt like a social outcast.
  2. <the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public>

First Known Use of OUTCAST

14th century

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