different between outcast vs ishmaelite

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