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pariah

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

pariah a member of a low caste or of no caste in southern India. The word comes in the 17th century from Tamil ‘hereditary drummer’, from paṛai a drum (pariahs not being allowed to join in with a religious procession).

From the early 19th century, the term has been in general use for someone who is despised and shunned, an outcast.

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pariah

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

pariah member of a low Hindu caste XVII; social outcast XIX. Earlier parea, parrier, par(r)iar — Tamil paṟaiyaṉ+D547 , pl. paṟaiyar name of the largest of the lower castes in S. India, lit. ‘drummer’, f. paṟai large drum beaten at certain festivals.

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pariah

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pa·ri·ah / pəˈrīə/ • n. 1. an outcast: they were treated as social pariahs. 2. hist. a member of a low caste or of no caste in southern India.

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pariah

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

pariah see Harijans .

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pariah

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

pariah •acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah •homebuyer

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