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Definition of "outcaste" [outcaste]

  • An Untouchable. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "outcaste" in a sentence
  • "So did the use of the clever term "outcaste" to mean someone who has been cast out of his or her caste."
  • "But the untouchables rejected this, they still called themselves, Dalit, a term meaning 'outcaste', 'crushed', 'broken to pieces'."
  • "But does that really matter if people continue to be outcaste, even after conversion to other religions?"