noun
- 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.
- a homeless wanderer; vagabond.
- rejected matter; refuse.
adjective
- cast out, as from one’s home or society: an outcast son.
- pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast: outcast misery.
- rejected or discarded: outcast opinions.
noun Scot.
- a falling out; quarrel.
noun
- a person who is rejected or excluded from a social group
- a vagabond or wanderer
- anything thrown out or rejected
adjective
- rejected, abandoned, or discarded; cast out
n.mid-14c., “a person cast out or rejected,” originally past participle of Middle English outcasten, from out + casten “to cast” (see cast (v.)). The adjective is attested from late 14c. In an Indian context, outcaste “one who has been expelled from his caste” is from 1876; see caste.