What does Outcast mean?

Definitions for Outcast
ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑstout·cast

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmaeladjective

    a person who is rejected (from society or home)

  2. friendless, outcastadjective

    excluded from a society

Wiktionary

  1. outcastnoun

    One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.

  2. outcastverb

    To cast out; to banish.

  3. outcastadjective

    That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Outcastnoun

    Exile; one rejected; one expelled.

    Let’s be no stoicks, nor no stocks,
    Or so devote to Aristotle ,
    As Ovid, be an outcast quite abjur’d. William Shakespeare.

    O blood-bespotted Neapolitan,
    Outcast of Naples, England’s bloody scourge! William Shakespeare.

    For me, outcast of human race,
    Love’s anger only waits, and dire disgrace. Matthew Prior.

    He dies sad outcast of each church and state! Alexander Pope.

  2. Outcastpart.

    Etymology: out and cast.

    Abandon soon, I read, the caitive spoil
    Of that same outcast carcass. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 8.

    Behold, instead
    Of us outcast exil’d, his new delight
    Mankind created. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv.

ChatGPT

  1. outcast

    An outcast refers to a person who is rejected, excluded, or not accepted by society or a particular group. This can be due to their behavior, beliefs, appearance, or any other characteristic that deviates from what is considered normal or acceptable.

Wikidata

  1. Outcast

    Outcast is the eighth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator. It was released by G.U.N. Records in 1997. This album featured more gothic rock and industrial influences than earlier Kreator, retaining little of thrash metal from previous years.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Outcast in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Outcast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Outcast in a Sentence

  1. Quentin Crisp:

    In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

  2. Erik Pevernagie:

    How many people are ready to die for beauty, prepared to go through an infernal desert of starvation. Absence of beauty means ultimate loneliness. Absence of beauty means guilt and exile into a no-man’s land. Life is an outcast’s journey through a gloomy valley, when beauty has forsaken. ("Absence of beauty was like hell").

  3. Christina Aguilera:

    Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for having me tonight. I’m so honored and so grateful. And thank you for your love and support over the last 20-plus years. You’re my family. I’m so happy to always give a voice or try to [give one to] anyone that feels like they’re suppressed or outcast.

  4. Staff Denis McDonough:

    Until they do it they'll remain where they are, which is an outcast unable to provide for their own people.

  5. Andrei Klimov:

    I'm afraid Assad will expect tricks from the Americans, they have been saying constantly he's an outcast ... and now they're about to tell Assad, 'You know, please give us a day's advance notice before you want to trash someone with your forces.'.

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