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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...
- 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...
- 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'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...
- 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...
- 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...
- carpal patch. M. m. govinda – Sykes, 1832: small Indian kite (formerly pariah kite) Eastern ****stan east through tropical India and Sri Lanka to Indochina...