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Definition of Castaway
1. Noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Heretic, Misbeliever, Religious Outcast, Leper, Harijan, Untouchable
Derivative terms: Outcast
2. Noun. A shipwrecked 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
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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