outcaste
verbEtymology From out- + caste, modelled after outcast.
1
To expel from a caste.
outcaste
nounUK /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ · US /ˈaʊtkæst/
Etymology From out- + caste, modelled after outcast.
1
An outcast from the caste system.
- […] the essay interprets the oral traditions of the outcaste Bhuinyas who have traditionally worked as the kamias or dependent labourers of maliks or upper-caste landlords in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] But the kamias' ties with the maliks predated the designation of the relationship as bondage in the nineteenth century.1991, Gyan Prakash, “Becoming a Bhuinya: Oral Traditions and Contested Domination in Eastern India”, in Douglas Haynes, Gyan Prakash, editors, Contesting Power: Resistance and Everyday Social Relations in South Asia, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 145:
2
In caste-based societies, such as Indian or medieval Japan, an individual or group of people who do not belong to any officially recognized caste.
- Synonyms
- Dalit