Pariah
11pariah — [n] social outcast bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif; concept 423 …
12pariah — ► NOUN 1) an outcast. 2) historical a member of a low caste or of no caste in southern India. ORIGIN from a Tamil word meaning hereditary drummers (pariahs were drummers because they were not allowed to join in with religious processions) …
13pariah — pa·ri·ah (pə rī’ə) n. 1) A social outcast: » Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard (Mark Twain). 2) A Dalit. ╂ [From Tamil paṟaiyan, member of a Dalit group of southern India… …
14Pariah — A Pariah for some three thousand years was a member of a lower caste in India called, in Tamil, Paraiyan, from Southern India. Pariahs were drum beaters. At certain Hindu festivals, the beating of drums plays an important part. When the… …
15pariah — [[t]pəra͟ɪ͟ə[/t]] pariahs N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them. His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah. Syn:… …
16pariah — UK [pəˈraɪə] / US / UK [ˈpærɪə] noun [countable] Word forms pariah : singular pariah plural pariahs a person, organization, or country that others dislike and avoid …
17pariah — /pəˈraɪə / (say puh ruyuh) noun 1. any person, organisation or nation generally despised; an outcast: *Richard … made the best of the situation in face of all these strangers, none of whom but eyed Mary as if she were a moral pariah. –henry… …
18pariah — pariahdom, n. pariahism, n. /peuh ruy euh/, n. 1. an outcast. 2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. 3. (cap.) a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma. [1605 15; < Tamil paraiyar, pl. of PARAIYAN lit., drummer… …
19pariah — noun /pəˈraɪə/ a) An outcast b) A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised. See Also: pop culture pariah …
20pariah — [17] Now a general term for an ‘outcast’, pariah came into English from the caste system of southern India. It originally denoted a member of the largest of the lower castes, which was named in Tamil paraiyan. This meant literally ‘drummer’ (it… …
