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OUTCASTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outcaste mean?
• OUTCASTE (noun)
The noun OUTCASTE has 1 sense:
1. a person belonging to no caste
Familiarity information: OUTCASTE used as a noun is very rare.
• OUTCASTE (adjective)
The adjective OUTCASTE has 1 sense:
1. not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
Familiarity information: OUTCASTE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person belonging to no caste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("outcaste" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
outcaste (not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
Synonyms:
casteless; outcaste
Context example:
the foreigner was a casteless person
Similar:
unwanted (not wanted; not needed)
Domain region:
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Derivation:
outcaste (a person belonging to no caste)
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