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outcaste

[ out-kast, -kahst ]

noun

  1. (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from their caste.
  2. a person of no caste.


outcaste

/ ˈʊˌɑː /

noun

  1. a person who has been expelled from a caste
  2. a person having no caste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cause (someone) to lose his caste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of outcaste1

First recorded in 1875–80; out- + caste
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The discrimination most negatively affects people from "low castes and outcastes", Paik said.

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Instead he says, "My childhood wasn't easy because I wasn't rich, but it helped that I wasn't an outcaste. I'm sorry people treat kids like you so badly."

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Mr. Sardar is a Dalit, a class of Indians who are not just considered lower caste, but technically outcaste — what used to be called untouchable.

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Between 1722 and 1723, after a series of blazes, the authorities launched a violent crackdown on suspected arsonists in which 101 people, often social outcastes or drifters, were burned at the stake.

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Only the Pariah, or "outcaste," the very lowest class of the people, eats any food that has been prepared in the kitchen of a Christian.

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