·noun An outcast; one despised by society.
II. Pariah ·noun One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. ·see Caste.
The low-caste people of Hindustan; outcasts. ♦ Pariah-dogs; also outcasts of no known breed. ...
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