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单词 outcaste
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outcaste

[ out-kast, -kahst ]
/ ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

noun

(in India) a person who has left or been expelled from his or her caste.
a person of no caste.

Origin of outcaste

First recorded in 1875–80; out- + caste

Words nearby outcaste

outbreed, outbreeding, outbuilding, outburst, outcast, outcaste, outclass, outclimb, out cold, outcome, out-country
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Example sentences from the Web for outcaste

  • And the pollution must be removed at the end of the prescribed period, or she remains an outcaste—a very serious thing for her.

    Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
  • A sept of Korku; a man of this sept has the privilege of directing the ceremony for the readmission of an outcaste.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV)|R.V. Russell
  • But the Chinese visitors were in company with the foreigners, and all foreigners were outcaste in this eastern plain.

    The Black-Bearded Barbarian (George Leslie Mackay)|Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, AKA Marion Keith

British Dictionary definitions for outcaste

outcaste
/ (ˈaʊtˌkɑːst) /

noun

a person who has been expelled from a caste
a person having no caste

verb

(tr) to cause (someone) to lose his caste
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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