Pariah

  • 21pariah — noun (C) 1 someone who is hated and avoided by other people: a social pariah 2 old use a member of a very low social class in India …

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  • 22pariah — [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… …

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  • 23pariah — n. 1 a social outcast. 2 hist. a member of a low caste or of no caste in S. India. Phrases and idioms: pariah dog = PYE DOG. Etymology: Tamil paraiyar pl. of paraiyan hereditary drummer f. parai drum …

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  • 24Pariah Dark — est un personnage de fiction de la série américaine Danny Fantôme, crée par Butch Hartman et produite par Nickelodeon. Il a été révélé dans une interview des scénaristes que le personnage de DC Comics Darkseid avait servit d inspiration pour… …

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  • 25Pariah dog — Pariah Pa ri*ah, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.] [1913 Webster] 1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes… …

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  • 26Pariah kite — Pariah Pa ri*ah, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.] [1913 Webster] 1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes… …

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  • 27Pariah Press — was the company, funded by Mike Nystul, that published the first commercial edition of The Whispering Vault role playing game …

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  • 28Pariah dog — The term pariah dog is used to refer to feral dogs of a particular type, a subspecies of dog, and a purebred dog category or group. The Sighthound Pariah Group The United Kennel Club (United States) recognizes purebred dogs bred for chasing large …

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  • 29Pariah state — A pariah state is one whose conduct is considered to be out line with international norms of behavior. This term is closely related to the term rogue state. Harkavey defines pariah states as those characterized by ...precarious diplomatic… …

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  • 30Pariah (comics) — Superherobox caption = character name = Pariah publisher = DC Comics debut = Crisis on Infinite Earths, #1 (April 1985) creators = Marv Wolfman (writer) George Pérez (artist) real name = Kell Mossa species = homeworld = alliances = aliases =… …

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