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

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.

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

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)

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