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pariah Definition


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pariah
noun
    1. Someone scorned and avoided by others; a social outcast.
      Thesaurus: outcast, exile, undesirable, untouchable, outlaw, leper, scapegoat, black sheep.
    2. In S India and Burma: a member of a caste lower than the four Brahminical castes.
Etymology: 17c: from Tamil paraiyan drummer.



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