castaway Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    pariah; Ishmael; outcast.
  2. noun a shipwrecked person
    shipwreck survivor.

WordNet

Cast"a*way noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
  2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
    Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

Webster 1913