Cast

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

* As a German surname, Americanized from Kast. * As an English surname, variant of Cass. * As a French surname, from Cast, Finistère in Brittany, ultimately from Latin castra (“fortification”). Sometimes also a variant of Caste, from Old French chaste (“chaste”).

Forms

plural: Casts

Cassie · A female given name.Cassius · A male given name from Latin.cast · To move, or be moved, away. To throw.

Cast · A surname.

caste · Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South…Castillo · A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo…casting · The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers,…

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