Outcast - English meaning

noun

A person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place.

Usage examples:

A castaway on a desert island

noun

A displaced person (a person who is forced to leave their home country because of war or persecution).

Usage examples:

He had come over after the war—he was a dp

noun

A person's wife, husband, or partner (particularly used in online forums).

Usage examples:

I'm 36 and my dp is 42 and we have been together for six years

noun

A director of photography (the person who oversees the photography and camerawork in a film, television production, etc.).

Usage examples:

We're looking for a dp for an ambitious action/adventure short film

noun

A person evacuated from a place of danger.

Usage examples:

His experiences as a wartime evacuee

noun

Someone who is evacuated from a dangerous place, especially during a war

Usage examples:

Thousands of evacuees crossed the border to safety.

noun

The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

He knew now that he would die in exile

verb

Expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

A corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country

noun

A person who lives outside their native country.

Usage examples:

American expatriates in london

adjective

Denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country.

Usage examples:

Expatriate workers

verb

Send (a person or money) abroad.

Usage examples:

We expatriated the prisoners of war immediately after the end of the war

noun

An infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others.

Usage examples:

The hospital was the parent of all foundlings admitted until they reached the age of 21, overseers …

noun

A young child who is left by its parents and then found and cared for by someone else

proper noun

(in the bible) a son of abraham and hagar, his wife sarah's maid, driven away with his mother after the birth of isaac (gen. 16:12). ishmael (or ismail) is also important in islamic belief as the traditional ancestor of muhammad and of the arab peoples.

noun

A person suffering from leprosy.

Usage examples:

The group has already taken six lepers who could not be accommodated at lukupa leprosarium to kawam…

noun

A person who has leprosy (= a disease of the nerves and skin)

noun

A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.

Usage examples:

Bands of outlaws held up trains

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

noun

A criminal, esp. one who is trying to avoid being caught

Usage examples:

Several states have outlawed the use of cell phones while driving.

noun

A person who does not belong to a particular organization or profession.

Usage examples:

To the outsider, glitzy fashion shows may seem an outrageous extravagance

noun

A person who is not involved with a particular group of people or an organization, or who does not live in a particular place

Usage examples:

I moved here three years ago, but i still feel like an outsider.

noun

Someone who is paid by a company or organization to do a particular job, but who is not a permanent employee

Usage examples:

In 2009, the company hired an outsider with marketing experience in an effort to revive its busines…

noun

An outcast.

Usage examples:

They were treated as social pariahs

noun

A person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast

Usage examples:

Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations.

noun

A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Usage examples:

Tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes

noun

A person who leaves his or her home or country to find safety, esp. during a war or for political or religious reasons

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.

Usage examples:

Dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray

adjective

Not in the right place; separated from the group or target.

Usage examples:

He pushed a few stray hairs from her face

noun

A stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.

Usage examples:

The former stray, who had been mr boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unha…

adjective

Not able or allowed to be touched or affected.

Usage examples:

Drug barons who were legally untouchable

noun

A member of the lowest-caste hindu group or a person outside the caste system, contact with whom is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.

Usage examples:

During a recent visit, i found liberals and intellectuals, jet-setters and slum dwellers, men and w…

adjective

Not able to be punished, criticized, or changed in any way

Usage examples:

His home run record remained untouchable.

noun

A homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.

Usage examples:

She is foster mother to various waifs and strays