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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pariah /pəˈrʌɪə/

▶noun

1 an outcast.

2 historical a member of a low caste or of no caste in southern India.

– origin C17: from Tamil paṛaiyar (pl.) ‘(hereditary) drummers’, from paṛai ‘a drum’.

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