caste

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English

Wikipedia has articles on: Caste and List of Indian castes

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Etymology

Via Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed, race”), from Latin casta, the feminine form of casto, “pure”.

Pronunciation

Noun

caste (plural castes)

  1. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

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Dutch

Verb

caste

  1. singular present subjunctive of casten.

Italian

Adjective

caste f.

  1. Feminine plural form of casto

Noun

caste f.

  1. Plural form of casta.

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

caste

  1. vocative masculine singular of castus

 

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