castan.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːstə/,

/ˈkastə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑstə/,

/ˈkæstə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish casta.

Etymology: < Spanish casta (see caste n.). Compare caste n. 5.

Now historical (in contexts relating to Spanish territories in the Americas in the 18th and early 19th centuries).

1. Any of several groups or classes of people distinguished chiefly on the basis of racial heritage or descent.

ΚΠ

1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. i. iv. 32 These are the most known and common tribes or Castas [Sp. Castas].

1842 ‘A. T. Myrthe’ Ambrosio de Letinez II. ii. 27 Marriages between the different castas, among us, are neither prohibited by law, nor stigmatised by public opinion.

1957 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 42 242 The Indians lived in a world to some extent divorced from the casta system.

1994 R. D. Cope Limits of Racial Domination i. 16 Colonial authorities went beyond restricting the castas' privileges; they also sought to place these anomalous groups under firm Spanish control.

2018 E. Morales Latinx i. 36 The elaborate casta system implemented by the Spanish in Latin America..offered opportunities for increased status to indigenous people but not to Africans and mostly not to the African-descended.

2. A person of mixed heritage belonging to such a group.

ΚΠ

1944 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 378 It [sc. a census] gave 1,232,122 inhabitants, classified as follows: whites, 135,755; Indians, 764,894; mestizos, 244,436; Negroes, 40,336; and castas, 41,256.

1979 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 64 90 It is almost certain, then, that every officer in the battalion from captain on down was a casta, a non-white.

2004 A. Helg Liberty & Equality in Caribbean Colombia iii. 92 The 1778 Royal Pragmatic..prohibited the alliance of partners of unequal class and status under age twenty-five without parental consent, making legal unions between whites and castas difficult.

Compounds

casta painting n. a genre of painting produced chiefly in Mexico during the 18th cent., depicting families representing different combinations of inter-ethnic mixing, esp. between the indigenous, Spanish, and African populations; a painting of this sort.These works typically consist of a series of sixteen portraits of family groups (usually mother, father, and one or two children) accompanied by an inscription giving the casta to which each person is said to belong.

ΚΠ

1994 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 74 581 A lively and enthusiastic discussion, focusing on Mexican casta paintings and the role of race as a social marker at various stages in the colonial period.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Sept. c25/2 Also on view are ‘casta’ paintings that employ a rigid racial-classification system.

2020 Southern Cultures Spring 22 Eighteenth-century Mexican Casta paintings that depict the various mixed-blood unions taking place in the colony, the children of those unions, and their social status and perceived place in a society growing increasingly racialized.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	casta
释义	castan. Brit. /ˈkɑːstə/, /ˈkastə/, U.S. /ˈkɑstə/, /ˈkæstə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish casta. Etymology: < Spanish casta (see caste n.). Compare caste n. 5. Now historical (in contexts relating to Spanish territories in the Americas in the 18th and early 19th centuries). 1. Any of several groups or classes of people distinguished chiefly on the basis of racial heritage or descent. ΚΠ 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. i. iv. 32 These are the most known and common tribes or Castas [Sp. Castas]. 1842 ‘A. T. Myrthe’ Ambrosio de Letinez II. ii. 27 Marriages between the different castas, among us, are neither prohibited by law, nor stigmatised by public opinion. 1957 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 42 242 The Indians lived in a world to some extent divorced from the casta system. 1994 R. D. Cope Limits of Racial Domination i. 16 Colonial authorities went beyond restricting the castas' privileges; they also sought to place these anomalous groups under firm Spanish control. 2018 E. Morales Latinx i. 36 The elaborate casta system implemented by the Spanish in Latin America..offered opportunities for increased status to indigenous people but not to Africans and mostly not to the African-descended. 2. A person of mixed heritage belonging to such a group. ΚΠ 1944 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 24 378 It [sc. a census] gave 1,232,122 inhabitants, classified as follows: whites, 135,755; Indians, 764,894; mestizos, 244,436; Negroes, 40,336; and castas, 41,256. 1979 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 64 90 It is almost certain, then, that every officer in the battalion from captain on down was a casta, a non-white. 2004 A. Helg Liberty & Equality in Caribbean Colombia iii. 92 The 1778 Royal Pragmatic..prohibited the alliance of partners of unequal class and status under age twenty-five without parental consent, making legal unions between whites and castas difficult. Compounds casta painting n. a genre of painting produced chiefly in Mexico during the 18th cent., depicting families representing different combinations of inter-ethnic mixing, esp. between the indigenous, Spanish, and African populations; a painting of this sort.These works typically consist of a series of sixteen portraits of family groups (usually mother, father, and one or two children) accompanied by an inscription giving the casta to which each person is said to belong. ΚΠ 1994 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 74 581 A lively and enthusiastic discussion, focusing on Mexican casta paintings and the role of race as a social marker at various stages in the colonial period. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Sept. c25/2 Also on view are ‘casta’ paintings that employ a rigid racial-classification system. 2020 Southern Cultures Spring 22 Eighteenth-century Mexican Casta paintings that depict the various mixed-blood unions taking place in the colony, the children of those unions, and their social status and perceived place in a society growing increasingly racialized. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1758
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