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Outcaste

//ˈaʊtkɑːst// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An outcast from the caste system.

    "[…] the essay interprets the oral traditions of the outcaste Bhuinyas who have traditionally worked as the kamias or dependent labourers of maliks or upper-caste landlords in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] But the kamias' ties with the maliks predated the designation of the relationship as bondage in the nineteenth century."

  2. 2
    a person belonging to no caste wordnet
  3. 3
    In caste-based societies, such as Indian or medieval Japan, an individual or group of people who do not belong to any officially recognized caste.
Verb
  1. 1
    To expel from a caste. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From out- + caste, modelled after outcast.

Etymology 2

From out- + caste, modelled after outcast.

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