outcaste

American  

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

noun

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

2. a person of no caste.

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outcaste British  

/ ˈaʊtˌkɑːst /

noun

1. a person who has been expelled from a caste

2. a person having no caste

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of outcaste

First recorded in 1875–80; out- + caste

Example Sentences

And the elder white outcaste shall point to the footprints of the princess.

From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Burton, Isabel, Lady

A sept of Korku; a man of this sept has the privilege of directing the ceremony for the readmission of an outcaste.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Rebecca teaches a class of small boys in the outcaste Sunday school that gives preliminary baths.

From Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Doren, Alice B. Van

Tell him that though he is lost to his father, to his religion, to the State—though he is an outcaste and an exile, his mother remains his mother still.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

No doubt a few outcaste Rājpūts may have joined the gangs and become their leaders.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)