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| pa·ri·ah [ pə r ə ] (plural pa·ri·ahs) |
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1. outcast: somebody who is despised and avoided
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2. somebody rejected from caste: in South Asia, somebody who has defied a social law and has therefore been rejected by a caste
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| [Early 17th century. < Tamil paṟaiyan "drummer" < paṟai "festival drum"; because hereditary drummers were outside the caste system] |
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