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Definition of Pariah
1. Noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Heretic, Misbeliever, Religious Outcast, Leper, Harijan, Untouchable
Derivative terms: Outcast
Definition of Pariah
1. n. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste.
Definition of Pariah
1. Noun. An outcast. ¹
2. Noun. A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised. ¹
3. Noun. Someone in exile. ¹
4. Noun. A member of one of the oppressed social castes in India. ¹
5. Noun. A person who is rejected (from society or home). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pariah
1. a social outcast [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pariah
1. 1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. 2. An outcast; one despised by society. Pariah dog, a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India. Origin: From Tamil paraiyan, pl. Paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. Parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pariah
Literary usage of Pariah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"The pariah are not out-castes, w are they the lowest of the hindoo castes.
S'en in the Tamil country, there are ten castes 'ho are lower in the social scale ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... ordained minister of the pariah of Elie, 1701. HÜ was great grandfather to
the celebrated Dr. Thomas Chalmers.' 6. James Chalmers, MA, Vicar of ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... reporter (US), pug, pye-dog or pie-dog (Anglo- Indian), pariah dog, pointer,
poodle, mastiff, lurcher, hound (spec., exc. archaic or poetic), harrier, ..."
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