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изго́й — meaning in English

izgoy

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English meaning

  • castaway noun A person stranded, typically after a shipwreck, often alone on an island.
  • derelict adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
  • maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.
  • offscouring noun Refuse removed from something by scouring.
  • outcast noun A person who has been rejected or excluded by a group or society.
  • outlaw noun A person who has broken the law and is hiding or on the run from it.
  • renegade noun Someone who abandons a cause, group, or belief and often turns against it.

Senses

изго́й is used for these senses in English:

  • castaway An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.
  • derelict (countable, dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif.
  • maroon A castaway; a person who has been marooned. [from 19th c.]
  • offscouring (figuratively) An outcast, a pariah.
  • outcast One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]
  • outlaw (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
  • renegade An outlaw or rebel.

castaway — full definition

  1. noun A person stranded, typically after a shipwreck, often alone on an island.
  2. adj Shipwrecked or abandoned.

derelict — full definition

  1. adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
  2. noun Property, or occasionally a person, abandoned and left with nobody to care for it.

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