CASTE

• (noun) in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony

  Ants are divided into different castes such as worker, male and the queen. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (noun) a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

  Ram's parents opposed him getting married to a girl of different caste. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

  In many parts of India, caste system is very widely practiced. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (noun) social status or position conferred by a system based on class

  "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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