Definition of Parah
Pariah, a Hindu of the lowest class, and of no caste; of the class
they are of various grades, but all are outcast, and treated as such.
- Wikipedia
Pa"ri*ah (?), n. [From Tamil
paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr.
parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain
festivals.]
1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern
India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low
grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See
Caste. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
2. An outcast; one despised by
society.
Pariah dog (Zoöl.), a mongrel
race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental
cities. -- Pariah kite (Zoöl.),
a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a
scavenger in India.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an outcast
- a demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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