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out•cast



Pronunciation: (out'kast", -käst"), [key]
—n.
1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society: In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons.
2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond.
3. rejected matter; refuse.

—adj.
1. cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery.
3. rejected or discarded: outcast opinions.

out•cast



Pronunciation: (out'kast", -käst"), [key]
—n. Scot.
a falling out; quarrel.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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