Category:Outcast

Out"cast`, a. Etym: [cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]

Defn: cast out; degraded. "outcast, rejected." Longfellow.

Outcast Out"cast`, n.

1. 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.

2. A quarrel; a contention. [scot.] Jamieson.