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outcaste

UK/ˈaʊtkɑːst/US/ˈaʊtkæst/

outcaste noun: an outcast from the caste system.

Noun

outcaste (plural outcastes)

  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...1991, Gyan Prakash, “Becoming a Bhuinya: Oral Traditions and Contested Domination in Eastern India”, in Douglas Haynes, Gyan Prakash, editors, Contesting Power: Resistance and Everyday Social...
  2. 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

outcaste (third-person singular simple present outcastes, present participle outcasting or outcasteing, simple past and past participle outcasted)

  1. (transitive) To expel from a caste.

outcaste meaning in Telugu

outcaste in Telugu

one who does not belong to a caste
చండాలుడు caṇḍāluḍu

Synonyms of outcaste

Forms of outcaste

Noun
pluraloutcastes
Verb
third-person singular presentoutcastes
present participleoutcasting
present participleoutcasteing
past participleoutcasted
pastoutcasted

Origin of outcaste

From out- + caste, modelled after outcast.

Words that rhyme with outcaste

Questions about outcaste

What does outcaste mean?
Outcaste means an outcast from the caste system.
What is outcaste in Telugu?
Outcaste in Telugu is చండాలుడు (caṇḍāluḍu). See Outcaste meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is outcaste?
Outcaste can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce outcaste?
Outcaste is pronounced /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ (UK).
What is the plural of outcaste?
The plural of outcaste is outcastes.

Words near outcaste in the dictionary

  1. outcarrying
  2. outcars
  3. outcase
  4. outcases
  5. outcast
  6. outcaste
  7. outcasted
  8. outcasteing
  9. outcastes
  10. outcasting
  11. outcastings

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