Definition of pariahs. Meaning of pariahs. Synonyms of pariahs

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word pariahs. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word pariahs and, of course, pariahs synonyms and on the right images related to the word pariahs.

Definition of pariahs

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 pariahs 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,...
- friendly relations with others. By some criteria, nations can be considered pariahs within their own neighborhood of surrounding states. By other criteria...
- are pariahs. Three other sporadic groups were also shown to be pariahs by Griess in 1982, and the Janko Group J1 was shown to be the final pariah by Robert...
- 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...
- 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 (Kell Mossa) is a fictional character in stories published by DC Comics. He is a cosmologist who first appeared as a pivotal character in the limited...
- Pariah Press was the company, funded by Mike Nystul, that published the first commercial edition of The Whispering Vault role-playing game. Mike Nystul...
- 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...
- Pariah (transl. Untouchable) is a 2024 Bengali language action thriller film directed and written by Tathagata Mukherjee. It stars Vikram Chatterjee in...
- Pariah was an American hard rock band, formed in San Antonio, Texas, United States, while they knew each other in high school. The group consisted of Shandon...