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Caste

/kɑːst/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Caste"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.

  3. 3

    A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

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