Complete Definition of "castaway"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA: /�kæ.st�.wei/
Other 1: (k�ʹstu�w�)
Other 2: KA(S)-stuh-weigh
audio|en-us-castaway.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj|-
#Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
#:After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
#shipwrecked|Shipwrecked.
#:The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

Noun
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en-noun
#context|nautical A shipwrecked sailor.
#:Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
#A discarded person or thing.
#:This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
#An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
#:These homeless people are society's castaways.

translation
1. context|nautical A shipwrecked sailor.
Spanish: naufrago

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