noun
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a person who has been expelled from a caste
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a person having no caste
verb
Etymology
Origin of outcaste
Example Sentences
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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)
And the younger white outcaste shall point to the queen's footprints.
From Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance by Burton, Isabel, Lady
He is an outcaste in every sense; in other words an outlaw.
From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.
Sunday schools, visits to outcaste villages, and lectures on health and cleanliness have their place.
From Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Doren, Alice B. Van
Under the thatch of each mud-walled hovel of the outcaste village there is the same stir of the returning day.
From Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Doren, Alice B. Van
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