banished, ppl. a.
(ˈbænɪʃt)
Also 4 (Sc.) banyst, 6 -eist.
[f. prec. + -ed.]
† 1. Outlawed, put to the ban. banished man: an outlaw, a bandit. Obs.
| [c 1320 Sir Beues 4129 This forbannuste man Is come the land agan.] 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. li. (1495) A deserte is the lodges of banyssht men and of theues. 1591 Shakes. Two Gent. v. iv. 152 These banish'd men, that I haue kept withall. 1617 Moryson Itin. i. ii. ii. 104 These banished men lurking upon the confines of the Popes state..make excursions..to doe robberies. |
2. Exiled, expatriated; driven away, dismissed.
| 1578 Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 514 Whensoever this banished and wayfaring soul of mine shall depart hence. 1582–8 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 274 The uther twa cheefe baneist lords. 1611 Bible 2 Sam. xiv. 13 The King doeth not fetch home againe his banished. 1717 Pope Eloïsa 52 Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 421 Who had heroically laid down his life for the banished King. |