Library / English Dictionary

OUTCASTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society

Example:

the foreigner was a casteless person

Synonyms:

casteless; outcaste

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb outcaste

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