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pariah definition

pa·riah (pə rī′ə; Brit also par′ē ə)

noun

  1. a member of one of the lowest social castes in India
  2. any person despised or rejected by others; outcast

Etymology: Tamil paṛaiyan, drummer < paṛai, a drum: the pariah was a hereditary drumbeater

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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