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Cagot
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Ca`got´    (kå`gô´)
n.1.One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.


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In a chapter on the "Tribes of France", for instance, he traces the cagots across the country: these were France's untouchables, who could be found throughout the west of the country as far back as AD1000.
 
 
 
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