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Definition of Pariah

Pariah
Pariah Pa"ri*ah, n. [From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.] 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. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). 2. An outcast; one despised by society. Pariah dog (Zo["o]l.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. Pariah kite (Zo["o]l.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.

Meaning of Pariah from wikipedia

- Look up pariah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pariah may refer to: A member of the Paraiyar caste in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Pariah state,...
- The Indian pariah dog, also known as the Indian native dog, INDog, Nadan, South Asian pye dog, Desi Kutta, and Neri Kutta, is a landrace of dog native...
- A pariah state (also called an international pariah or a global pariah) is a nation considered to be an outcast in the international community. A pariah...
- Pariah (Kell Mossa) is a fictional character in stories published by DC Comics. He is a cosmologist who first appeared as a pivotal character during the...
- In group theory, the term pariah was introduced by Robert Griess in Griess (1982) to refer to the six sporadic simple groups which are not subquotients...
- Pariah Press was the company, funded by Mike Nystul, that published the first commercial edition of The Whispering Vault role-playing game. Mike Nystul...
- Pye-dog, or sometimes pariah dog, is a term used to describe an ownerless, half-wild, free-ranging dog that lives in or close to human settlements throughout...
- Pariah's Pariah is the tenth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1997 and released on the Winter & Winter label. AllMusic awarded the album 4...
- Pariah Volume 1: Every Street Dog Has a Name or simply Pariah (transl. Untouchable) is a 2024 Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed...
- Sighthound Group, whilst the United Kennel Club groups them in a Sighthound and Pariah Group. Dogs portal Mammals portal Dog type Hound Hunting dog Scent hound...