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castaway

/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ noun C2
  1. A shipwrecked sailor. · Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
  2. A discarded person or thing. · This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
  3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society. · These homeless people are society's castaways.

Plural castaways

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