Definition of Castaway

1. Noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home).

Exact synonyms: Ishmael, Outcast, Pariah
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Heretic, Misbeliever, Religious Outcast, Leper, Harijan, Untouchable
Derivative terms: Outcast

2. Noun. A shipwrecked person.
Exact synonyms: Shipwreck Survivor
Generic synonyms: Abandoned Person

Definition of Castaway

1. n. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

2. a. Of no value; rejected; useless.

Definition of Castaway

1. Adjective. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned. ¹

2. Adjective. Shipwrecked. ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor. ¹

4. Noun. A discarded person or thing. ¹

5. Noun. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Castaway

1. an outcast [n -WAYS] - See also: outcast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Castaway

cast out nines
cast pearls before swine
cast the first stone
cast up
cast up one's accounts
castabilities
castability
castable
castanea
castaneous
castanet
castanetist
castanetists
castanets
castaway (current term)
castaway(a)
castaways
caste
caste-ridden
caste system
casted
casted off
casteism
casteisms
casteless
castelike
castell
castella
castellan

Literary usage of Castaway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1872)
"LOVE'S castaway SEE you yon fort, with semilunar towers • Fenced, ... Love's castaway! For none ! no pity had Love, Her feet to move From those false ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"THE castaway OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"... THE castaway. Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The castaway of the Dispensary and the Children of the Schools. A Consideration of the Shields of Rajasthan and Other Trifles. ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"... a New Serial Story, entitled castaway. By the Author of " BLICK SHEW?," " POET," &c., which will be continued from week to week until completed. ..."

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