outcaste

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noun

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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.

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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.

verb

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To expel from a caste.

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adjective — not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and th

casteless

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[…] 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 Biha

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