Caste

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAny of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

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

3.NounThe division of society into castes; the caste system.

4.NounA class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

"In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste."

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