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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 casteplay

  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 societyplay

  Familiarity information: OUTCASTE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUTCASTE (noun)


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)


OUTCASTE (adjective)


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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