Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - caste
Caste
caste
n. 1 any of the Hindu hereditary classes whose members have no social contact with other classes, but are socially equal with one another and often follow the same occupations. 2 a more or less exclusive social class. 3 a system of such classes. 4 the position it confers. 5 Zool. a form of social insect having a particular function. Phrases and idioms caste mark a symbol on the forehead denoting a person's caste. lose caste descend in the social order. Etymology: Sp. and Port. casta lineage, race, breed, fem. of casto pure, CHASTE
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noun Etymology: Portuguese casta, literally, race, lineage, from feminine of casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus Date: 1613 one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other ~s, 2. a division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race, the position conferred by ~ standing ; prestige, a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion, a specialized form (as the worker of an ant or bee) of a polymorphic social insect that carries out a particular function in the colony, ~ism noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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