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outcastes

outcastes is the plural of outcaste.

Meaning of outcaste

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.

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Questions about outcastes

What is outcastes the plural of?
Outcastes is the plural of outcaste.

Words near outcastes in the dictionary

  1. outcases
  2. outcast
  3. outcaste
  4. outcasted
  5. outcasteing
  6. outcastes
  7. outcasting
  8. outcastings
  9. outcastish
  10. outcastness
  11. outcasts

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