A fugitive, exile, outlaw.
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释义 | society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] > rendering outcast > outcast > outlaw (12) flemeOE A fugitive, exile, outlaw. outlawOE Law. A person declared to be outside the law and deprived of its benefits and protection; a person under sentence of outlawry (outlawry, n.). Also… wolf's-head?c1300 Anglo-Saxon Law. A cry for the pursuit of an outlaw as one to be hunted down like a wolf; transferred (originally in to cry wolf's head) an outlaw. waithmanc1425 A hunter; esp. applied to forest outlaws. caput lupinum1837 Occasionally used in certain Latin phrases in Astronomy, etc., as Caput Draconis, i.e. Dragon's Head, a star in Draco; caput lupinum (lit., wolf's… ronin1858 In feudal Japan: a samurai without a lord or master, esp. one who lives as a mercenary warrior; a wandering samurai, an outlaw. Also figurative. owl-hoot1934 U.S. slang. In form owlhoot. Esp. in the language of Wild West fiction, etc.: a fugitive, an outlaw. Hence: a worthless or contemptible person… Subcategories:— on the run from a law enforcement agency (1) — woman (1) — condition of (1) — proscribed by letters of intercommuning (1) — sentence of banishment or outlawry (1) |
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