Definitions for: Castaway


[n] a shipwrecked person
[n] a person who is rejected (from society or home)
[adj] suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cast"a*way, n.
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, a.
Of no value; rejected; useless.

Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah, shipwreck survivor, shipwrecked, unfortunate

See Also: abandoned person, Harijan, heretic, leper, misbeliever, religious outcast, unfortunate, unfortunate person, untouchable

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