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castaway definition

cast·away (kas′tə wā′)

noun

  1. a person or thing cast out or off, esp. an outcast
  2. a shipwrecked person

adjective

  1. thrown away; discarded
  2. cast adrift or stranded, as by shipwreck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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