caste : Idioms & Phrases

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caste system

  • noun a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
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half-caste

  • noun an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures
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Half"-caste` noun
Definitions
  1. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.
Webster 1913

To lose caste

  • to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.
Webster 1913