Synonyms for castaway
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kast-uh-wey, kahst- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæst əˌweɪ, ˈkɑst- |
Définition of castaway
Origin :- late 15c., "one who is rejected," from the verbal phrase (c.1300, literal and figurative), from cast (v.) + away (adv.). Specific sense "one adrift at sea" is from 1799. The adjective is first recorded 1540s.
- noun shipwrecked person
- The castaway killed it with an oar; but after that who would have slept?
- Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
- We could no more leave it, than the castaway sailor could leave his desert island.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- The saturnalia that succeeded the capture of the castaway had come to a close.
- Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid
- "I am no castaway, aunt Charlotte," said Linda, rising to her feet.
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- If it were true that she was in very fact already a castaway, why should she not go with him?
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- For ever afterwards,—for ever and ever and ever,—she must be a castaway.
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- To be in all respects a castaway,—a woman to whom other women would not speak!
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- They had told her that she was a castaway, and she had half believed it.
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- She would not even yet be a castaway if it might be possible to save herself!
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
- And then, to be a castaway, sharing her treasure with another!
- Extract from : « Linda Tressel » by Anthony Trollope
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