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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caste/kɑːst/
▶noun
- 1 each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
- 2 Entomology (in some social insects) a physically distinct kind of individual with a particular function.
– phrases
lose caste descend in status.
lose caste descend in status.
– derivatives
casteism noun.
casteism noun.
– origin C16: from Sp. and Port. casta ‘lineage, breed’, fem. of casto ‘pure, unmixed’, from L. castus ‘chaste’.
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