proscript

C2+ Topic:People & Society
US /ˈproʊskrɪpt/ UK /ˈprəʊskrɪpt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who has been outlawed or condemned by proscription

    As a proscript, his name was struck from the public rolls.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who has been... outlawexilepariahfugitive
Word family
Related forms proscribeproscriptionproscriptiveprescript

Etymology

From Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write').

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