outcast 1
/owt"kast', -kahst'/ , 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.
4. cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son.
5. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery.
6. rejected or discarded: outcast opinions.
[ 1250-1300; ME; see OUT-, CAST ]
Syn. 1. exile, refugee, expatriate; leper, pariah.
outcast 2
/owt"kast', -kahst'/ , n. Scot.
a falling out; quarrel.
[ 1590-1600; n. use of v. phrase (Scot) cast out ]