outcaste

[out-kast, -kahst]

noun

1. (in India) a person who has left or been expelled from their caste.

2. a person of no caste.

outcaste

/ ˈaʊtˌkɑːst /

noun

1. a person who has been expelled from a caste

2. a person having no caste

verb

1. (tr) to cause (someone) to lose his caste

Word History and Origins

Origin of outcaste¹

First recorded in 1875–80; out- + caste

Example Sentences

The discrimination most negatively affects people from "low castes and outcastes", Paik said.

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Instead he says, "My childhood wasn't easy because I wasn't rich, but it helped that I wasn't an outcaste. I'm sorry people treat kids like you so badly."

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Mr. Sardar is a Dalit, a class of Indians who are not just considered lower caste, but technically outcaste — what used to be called untouchable.

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Between 1722 and 1723, after a series of blazes, the authorities launched a violent crackdown on suspected arsonists in which 101 people, often social outcastes or drifters, were burned at the stake.

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Only the Pariah, or "outcaste," the very lowest class of the people, eats any food that has been prepared in the kitchen of a Christian.

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