castaway
noun
- person who is cast adrift or ashore, usually in shipwreck
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ / /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/ / /ˈkæstəweɪ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English cast awaydeverb. English castaway Deverbal from cast away.
- Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
“After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.”
- Shipwrecked.
“The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.”
- Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English cast awaydeverb. English castaway Deverbal from cast away.
- A shipwrecked sailor.
“Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.”
- A discarded person or thing.
“This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.”
- An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
“These homeless people are society's castaways.”