outcast

outcast
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pariah, derelict, exile; castaway, outsider, outlaw; leper.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. vagabond, proscribed, driven out, hounded, untouchable, rejected, ostracized, thrown aside, pushed out, hunted, Ishmaellike, not accepted by society, cast out, degraded, expelled, outlawed, cast away, exiled, expatriated, made a vagabond, serving a life sentence, having a price on one's head; see also disgraced .
n.
1. [One who has been cast out]
Syn. fugitive, pariah, untouchable; see refugee .
2. [A vagabond]
Syn. wanderer, itinerant, vagrant; see rascal , tramp 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
pariah, exile, castaway, outsider, derelict, untouchable, vagabond, outlaw, orphan, refugee, runaway, *reject.
II
a.
driven out, banned, shunned, cast out, rejected, exiled, ostracized.

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