castaway

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English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from cast away.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) enPR: kăsʹtəwā IPA(key): /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/, /ˈkæstəweɪ/

Adjective

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castaway (not comparable)

  1. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
    After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
  2. Shipwrecked.
    The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
  3. Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

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Noun

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castaway (plural castaways)

  1. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
    Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
  2. A discarded person or thing.
    This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
  3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
    These homeless people are society's castaways.

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