Plural of caste

Forms of caste

Castes in a sentence

• It is Hinduness that has drawn the multitudes – beyond upper castes – to BJP.2019 June 6, Rahul Shivshankar, “The age of Hinduness: Modi has disavowed hard Hindutva for the humanism of ‘Hinduness’”, in The Times of…. From the entry Hinduness
• There is never a mixing of castes in a chaupal except on very special occasions.1967, David Coxe Cooke, Dera, a Village in India, page 46. From the entry chaupal
• My favorite bloodswap castes for karkat are fuchsia and indigo.2013 April 8, avery (@leirant), Twitter. From the entry bloodswap
• Srinivas himself observed situations when lower castes attempting to observe upper-caste practices were subjected to censure and punishment from upper castes initially.2019, Divya Vaid, Ankur Datta, “Caste and Contemporary Hindu Society: Community, Politics, and Work”, in Torkel Brekke, editor, The Oxford…. From the entry Sanskritize
• The Sanyasis, the Aryasamajis, the Sikhs and many others do not recognize the system of the four castes and yet are they foreigners?1923, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Essentials of Hindutva. From the entry Aryasamaji

Meaning of caste

1. noun Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
2. noun A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
3. noun The division of society into castes; the caste system.

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• Meaning of caste
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• Caste in Hindi
• Caste in Tamil
• Caste in Marathi
• Caste in Urdu

Questions about the plural of caste

What is the plural of caste?

The plural of caste is castes.

Is caste countable?

Caste is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.