Caste

noun

/kɑːst/

Word Frequency: 10.6

Definitions

1.nounAny of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

2.nounA separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.

3.nounA class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

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