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caste mark
noun
- (in India) a mark, usually on the forehead, symbolizing and identifying caste membership.
- a distinctive trait, associated with a group or class and marking a person as a member.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caste mark1
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Example Sentences
The caste mark on the largest idol's head was a polished ruby, overlooked doubtless during the loot.
"We know that it is true," was the answer, and it came from a lady with a red caste-mark like a wafer upon her forehead.
Outward signs there are none, neither caste mark nor peculiarity of dress; but we know each other by signs.
It smote the offender between the eyebrows, leaving a caste-mark of warm ash to attest the accuracy of his aim.
Leaning forward, she took his head in her hands and kissed him between his eyebrows where the caste-mark should be.
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