different between highwayman vs outcast

English

Etymology

From highway +? man.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?ha??we?m?n/

Noun

highwayman (plural highwaymen)

1. (historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

   • 1977, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman:

     I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.

Synonyms

• (person who robbed travelers): See also Thesaurus:highwayman

Translations

See also

• highway robbery
• stand and deliver

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?tk??st/ (noun, adjective); /a?t?k??st/ (verb)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?tkæst/ (noun, adjective); /a?t?kæst/ (verb)
• Homophone: outcaste

Etymology 1

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- +? cast.

Verb

outcast (third-person singular simple present outcasts, present participle outcasting, simple past and past participle outcast)

1. To cast out; to banish. [from 14th c.]

Adjective

outcast (comparative more outcast, superlative most outcast)

1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. [from 14th c.]

Etymology 2

From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- +? cast.

Noun

outcast (plural outcasts)

1. One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah. [from 14th c.]

   Synonyms: outsider, vagrant, exile, beggar

2. (more generally) Someone who does not belong; a misfit.
3. (Scotland) A quarrel.
4. The amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:outcast

Translations

Anagrams

• acts out, cast out, outacts