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Pariah
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What's The Definition Of Pariah?
[n] a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pariah: castaway | Ishmael | outcast Related Terms | Find terms related to Pariah: alien | anchoress | anchorite | ascetic | bedridden invalid | case | castaway | character | cloistered monk | closet cynic | crackpot | crank | declasse | derelict | desert fathers | desert saints | Diogenes | displaced person | DP | eccentric | eremite | evictee | exile | expatriate | expellee | fanatic | hermit | hermitess | Hieronymian | Hieronymite | hobo | homebody | invalid | Ishmael | isolationist | kook | leper | lone wolf | loner | marabout | maverick | meshuggenah | natural | nonconformist | nut | odd fellow | oddball | oddity | original | outcast | outcast of society | outcaste | outlaw | outsider | persona non grata | pillar saint | pillarist | queer duck | queer fish | queer specimen | rara avis | recluse | screwball | seclusionist | shut-in | social outcast | solitaire | solitary | solitudinarian | stay-at-home | stylite | Timon of Athens | tramp | type | unacceptable person | undesirable | untouchable | zealot See Also | Harijan | heretic | leper | misbeliever | religious outcast | unfortunate | unfortunate person | untouchable Pariah In Webster's Dictionary \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} (Zo["o]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs
which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.
{Pariah kite} (Zo["o]l.), a species of kite ({Milvus
govinda}) which acts as a scavenger in India.
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