halalcore
halalcore noun: a sweeper or scavenger; a person of very low caste.
Noun
halalcore (plural halalcores)
- A sweeper or scavenger; a person of very low caste.
- The Halalchors, (who I occasionally mentioned a little before) are another sort of Indians at Surat, the most contemptible, but extremely necessary to be there.p. 1689, J. Ovington, edited by J. P. Guha, India in the Seventeenth Century, published 1984, page 170
- But the woman who does not burn herself in the pile with her husband is deprived of her rights. She becomes the halalcrore of the family, doomed to perform the vilest offices of an outcast from society.1822, [Robert Grenville Wallace], Fifteen Years in India; or, Sketches of a Soldier's Life, London, page 227
Forms of halalcore
| plural | halalcores |
|---|---|
| alternative form | halalchor |
| alternative form | hallachore |
| alternative form | halalcor |
Origin of halalcore
Borrowed from Hindustani حَلال خور (halāl xor) / हलालख़ोर (halālxor), from Classical Persian حلال خور (halāl xor).
Questions about halalcore
- What does halalcore mean?
- Halalcore means a sweeper or scavenger; a person of very low caste.
- What part of speech is halalcore?
- Halalcore is a noun.
- What is the plural of halalcore?
- The plural of halalcore is halalcores.
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