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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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
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)
"From all we have heard it is probably that the time is not far distant when I shall be the real master, since the son you bore your husband has become an outcaste."
From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.
He is an outcaste in every sense; in other words an outlaw.
From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.
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
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