Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outcast \Out"cast`\, a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]
   Cast out; degraded. ``Outcast, rejected.'' --Longfellow.

Outcast \Out"cast`\, n.
   1. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from
      home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded
      person; a vagabond.

            The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of
            Israel.                               --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                  2.

   2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Source : WordNet®

outcast
     adj : excluded from a society [syn: {friendless}]

outcast
     n : a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: {castaway},
          {pariah}, {Ishmael}]