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outcaste
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun outcaste has 1 sense
- outcaste(n = noun.person) Array - a person belonging to no caste; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
Derived form adjective outcaste1
Adjective outcaste has 1 sense
- outcaste(s = adj.all) casteless - not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person" Derived form noun outcaste1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outcaste, n. & v.
--n. (also attrib.)
1 a person who has no caste, esp. in Hindu society.
2 a person who has lost his or her caste.
--v.tr. cause (a person) to lose his or her caste.
--n. (also attrib.)
1 a person who has no caste, esp. in Hindu society.
2 a person who has lost his or her caste.
--v.tr. cause (a person) to lose his or her caste.
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