- pariah
- noun Etymology: Tamil paṟaiyan, literally, drummer Date: 1613 1. a member of a low caste of southern India 2. one that is despised or rejected ; outcast
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Pariah — Pariah, i Indien en betegnelse for personer som regnes for lavere end nogen anden kaste … Danske encyklopædi
pariah — (n.) 1610s, from Port. paria or directly from Tamil paraiyar, plural of paraiyan drummer (at festivals, the hereditary duty of members of the largest of the lower castes of southern India), from parai large festival drum. Especially numerous at… … Etymology dictionary
pariah — *outcast, castaway, derelict, reprobate, untouchable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pariah — meaning ‘a social outcast’, is pronounced pǝ riy ǝ to rhyme with Isaiah … Modern English usage
pariah — [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 … New thesaurus
