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castaway
/ ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ /
noun
- a person who has been shipwrecked
- something thrown off or away; castoff
adjective
- shipwrecked or put adrift
- thrown away or rejected
verb
- tr, adverb; often passive to cause (a ship, person, etc) to be shipwrecked or abandoned
Word History and Origins
Origin of castaway1
Example Sentences
You have to switch between the perspectives of the green-eyed castaway, the brown-eyed castaway, and the blue-eyed castaway.
Mary, Rorie, and the black castaway were seated about the fire in silence; and I could see that Mary had been weeping.
Think of it, ye who have envied the fate of the castaway on a gorgeous and fertile tropical island perhaps miles in extent!
Away out at sea, terribly near the coast of Death she saw him, a living being, as the castaway sees a ship on the far horizon.
I 'm sure mother does n't; and it 's only yourself, Polly, will ever feel a heavy heart for the poor castaway!
But doubtless these lovely miles and miles of crystalline oceans had been but a desert to the castaway.
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