Definition of "outcastes" [outcastes]

• Plural form of outcaste. (noun)

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• "Dalits used to be called outcastes, so they aren't even lower caste, but without caste."
• "Rome (AsiaNews) - Father Augusto Colombo, one of the most representative figures of the Indian Church in the defence and promotion of "outcastes" (untouchables or Dalit), died in India."
• "The plight of the Dalits, those whom the Hindu caste system considers outcastes and hence Untouchables, was a rallying cry of Hindu reformers and Indian leftists for half a century."