Caste
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɑːst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Caste is a noun meaning Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
Meaning
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
More Meanings
- A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
- (uncountable) The division of society into castes; the caste system.
- (zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
Example Sentences
The tinkers then formed a hereditary caste.
In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.
It was an evidence of the peculiar nature of caste in country towns[.]
'I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty - to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.'
Word Forms
- castes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include casta, sect, doctrine, strata, class, box.
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