social pariah
1Pariah — Pariah, (Tamil language) or Paraya in Malayalam, is the name of the Pariah caste of Indian Hindu society. The word has gained widespread use as an analogy, especially in the phrases social pariah and pariah nation or pariah state , as a term for… …
2pariah — 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 …
3pariah — [pə rī′ə; ] Brit also [ par′ē ə] n. [Tamil paṛaiyan, drummer < paṛai, a drum: the pariah was a hereditary drumbeater] 1. a member of one of the lowest social castes in India 2. any person despised or rejected by others; outcast …
4pariah — (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… …
5pariah — meaning ‘a social outcast’, is pronounced pǝ riy ǝ to rhyme with Isaiah …
6pariah — [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 …
7Pariah 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 …
8pariah — 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… …
9Pariah — 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… …
10pariah — 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… …