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

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."

From Literature

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.

From The Guardian

He is an outcaste in every sense; in other words an outlaw.

From Project Gutenberg

Their work dealt specifically with the suburbs and issues concerning geographical outcastes.

From New York Times

They cannot treat Moslems as outcastes, but they will not associate with them; and they cherish a settled antipathy to them.

From Project Gutenberg