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outcast

/ˈaʊtkæst/ noun C2
  1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
  2. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
  3. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

Plural outcasts

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There, crouched against the side of the wall which attracts and retains the most heat, they may be seen sometimes talking to one another, but more frequently alone, watching the door, which sometimes opens to call forth one from the gloomy assemblage, or to throw in another outcast from society.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1036 · C1
Cavalcanti, his father, had been seen in Paris, and it was expected that he would re-appear to claim the illustrious outcast.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1046 · C1

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