castaway
NounUS[kas-tuh-wey]/ˈkæstəˌweɪ/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)castaways
- a person who is rejected (from society or home)Synonyms: outcastpariahIshmaelType of unfortunate, unfortunate personKinds heretic, untouchable, leper
- a shipwrecked personSynonyms: shipwreck survivorType of abandoned person
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cast′a·way noun
1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Lest... when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.— 1 Cor. ix. 27.
Cast′a·way adjective
Of no value; rejected; useless.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54