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caste (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Portuguese; Origin: casta 'race', from casto 'pure', from Latin castus; CHASTE]
one of the fixed social classes, which cannot be changed, into which people are born in India
::the caste system
a group of people who have the same position in society