caste definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: social status ... or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" 2: (Hinduism) a ... privilege, profession, occupation, or race b. the position conferred by caste standing ; prestige 3. a system of rigid social stratification characterized ... of social insect having a particular function. Phrases and idioms: caste mark a symbol on the forehead denoting a person's caste. lose caste descend in the social order. Etymology: Sp. and Port. ...
To lose caste definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Caste Caste, n. [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin.] 1. One of the hereditary classes into ... the laws of Brahmanism. Note: The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation ... not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans, or sacerdotal ...
half-caste definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an offensive ... Date: 1789 one of mixed racial descent ; half-breed • half-caste adjective Webster's 1913 Dictionary Half-caste Half"-caste`, n. One born of a European parent on the one ... Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (half-castes) Someone who is half-caste has parents who come from different races. (mainly BRIT ...
Christian caste definitions Britannica Concise In India, social stratification among Christians based on caste membership at the time of an individual's or an ... s conversion. Indian Christians are grouped by denomination, geography, and caste. The Syrian Christians along the Malabar coast, descended from 1st ... Hindu society. Portuguese missionaries of the 16th cent. converted lower-caste fisherfolk. Missionaries in the 19th cent. insisted on social reform and tended to draw from the lowest classes. Caste distinctions are breaking down at about the same rate among ...
... 1: not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the ... syn: outcaste, casteless] n 1: a person belonging to no caste Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1876 1. one who has been ejected from a Hindu caste for violation of its customs or rules 2. one who has no caste Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. (also attrib.) 1 a person who has no caste, esp. in Hindu society. 2 a person who has lost his or her caste. --v.tr. cause (a person) to lose his or ...
... n 1: a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Sanskrit k?atriya, from k ... more at check Date: 1794 a Hindu of an upper caste traditionally assigned to governing and military occupations Oxford Reference Dictionary ... the second of the four great Hindu castes, the military caste. Etymology: Skr. f. kshatra rule Webster's 1913 Dictionary Kshatriya ... tru*ya, n.[Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]
... Greek Brachman, from Sanskrit br?hma?a of the Brahman caste, from brahman Brahman Date: 15th century 1. a. a Hindu of the highest caste traditionally assigned to the priesthood b. Brahma I,2 2 ... social classes, in Hindu India. Their existence as a priestly caste dates to the late Vedic period, and they have long ... spiritual and intellectual elite, they advised the politically powerful warrior caste, and after Indian independence they supplied many heads of state ... brahman) (pl. -mans) 1 a member of the highest Hindu caste, whose members are traditionally eligible for the priesthood. 2 = BRAHMA ... pl., Gr. ?, pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. Brahman bull (Zo["o]l.), the ...
... literally, drummer Date: 1613 1. a member of a low caste of southern India 2. one that is despised or rejected ... a social outcast. 2 hist. a member of a low caste or of no caste in S. India. Phrases and idioms: pariah-dog = PYE-DOG ... n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums ... They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). 2. An outcast; one despised by ...
... tru*ya, n.[Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]
... 2005) n 1: a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India [syn: Rajput, Rajpoot] Merriam Webster's or ... at few Date: 1598 a member of a dominant military caste of northern India Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also Rajpoot) a member of a Hindu soldier caste claiming Kshatriya descent. Etymology: Hindi rajput f. Skr. rajan king ... son.] A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana ...
... n 1: a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste [syn: Shudra, Sudra] 2: the lowest of the four varnas ... Etymology: Sanskrit ??dra Date: 1630 a Hindu of a lower caste traditionally assigned to menial occupations • Sudra adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary ... lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste. [Written also Soorah, Soodra, and Sooder.]
... n 1: a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes 2: the third ... comprising the merchants and agriculturalists. 2 a member of this caste. Etymology: Skr. vaisya peasant, labourer Webster's 1913 Dictionary Vaisya ... by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
... Regents 12. Period of Great Prosperity 13. Rise of Priestly Caste 14. Advent of Assyria 15. Judah a Protectorate 16. Cosmopolitan ... beyond the earlier and ruder times. 13. Rise of Priestly Caste: In this and the preceding reigns, we notice also how the priests are becoming a distinct and powerful caste. Zadok and Abiathar were no more than the domestic chaplains ...