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Caste

/kɑːst/

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

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noun

1
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
2
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
3
A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

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castanoun	The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.
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doctrinenoun	(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
stratanoun	(US, cooking) A kind of layered casserole dish in American cuisine.
classnoun	(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
scsnoun	Initialism of South China Sea. [The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.]
boxnoun	Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
gradingnoun	A rank or grade.
breednoun	All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.
stratificationnoun	(sociology) Society's categorization of people into socioeconomic strata.
chiefly	(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
castnoun	An act of throwing.
costanoun	(anatomy) Synonym of rib.
classesnoun	(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
stratumnoun	One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
ranknoun	Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
estatenoun	The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
social classnoun	(social sciences) A class of people, based on social power, wealth or another criterion.
stationnoun	A stopping place.