caste

caste  (kst)

n.

1. Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.

2. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.

3.

a. A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.

b. The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes: lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.

4. A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.

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[Spanish casta, race, and Portuguese casta, race, caste, both from feminine of casto, pure, from Latin castus; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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caste [kɑːst]

n

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism)

a.  any of the four major hereditary classes, namely the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra into which Hindu society is divided

b.  Also called caste system the system or basis of such classes

c.  the social position or rank conferred by this system

2. (Sociology) any social class or system based on such distinctions as heredity, rank, wealth, profession, etc.

3. (Sociology) the position conferred by such a system

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Entomol any of various types of specialized individual, such as the worker, in social insects (hive bees, ants, etc.)

[from Portuguese casta race, breed, ancestry, from casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus]

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caste  (kst) A specialized group carrying out a specific function within a colony of social insects. For example, in an ant colony, members of the caste of workers forage for food outside the colony or tend eggs and larvae, while the members of the caste of soldiers, often larger with stronger jaws, are responsible for defense of the colony.

caste left to right: worker, queen, and drone honey bees

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caste - social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
	2.	caste - (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" jati - (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter)
	3.	caste - a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
	4.	caste - in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony bugology, entomology - the branch of zoology that studies insects animal group - a group of animals colony - a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

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caste

noun class, order, race, station, rank, status, stratum, social order, lineage Most of these people are from the socially-disadvantaged lower castes.

Translations

caste [kɑːst]

A. N → casta f
to lose caste → desprestigiarse

B. ADJ → de casta

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caste [ˈkɑːst] n → caste f

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caste

n → Kaste f; to lose caste → an Rang verlieren, absteigen; he lost caste with his friends → er verlor in den Augen seiner Freunde or bei seinen Freunden an Ansehen

adj attr mark, system → Kasten-; a high/low caste family → eine Familie, die einer hohen/niedrigen Kaste angehört

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caste [kɑːst]

1. n → casta

2. adj → di casta

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caste [kɑːst]

1. n → casta

2. adj → di casta

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caste

n caste [kaːst]

a social class especially in India the lowest caste; (also adjective ) the caste system. kaste, stand طَبَقَةٌ خاصَّةٌ عِنْدَ الهِنْدوس каста kasta, kastovní kaste; kaste- die Kaste κάστα casta kast هر یک از طبقات اجتماعی هندوهاکه منفصل از دیگر طبقات هستند؛ کست kasti caste כָּת מַעֲמָדִית בְּהוֹדוּ जाति, वर्ण, गोत्र kasta kaszt kasta (erfða)stétt casta カースト制度 (신분제도) 카스트 kasta kasta; kastas- kasta kaste kaste kasta casta castă каста kasta; kastový kasta kasta kast ชนชั้นหรือกลุ่มในสังคม kast, toplumsal sınıf (印度的)種姓制度 каста; кастовий ذات đẳng cấp （印度的）社会等级