Pa|ri|ah

Pa|ri|ah «puh RY uh, PAH ree-, PAR ee-», noun.

a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.

╂[< Tamil paraiyar, plural of paraiyan drummer (the caste's hereditary duty at festivals) < parai large festival drum]

pa|ri|ah «puh RY uh, PAH ree-, PAR ee-», noun.

any person or animal generally despised; outcast: »

the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard (Mark Twain).

╂[< Pariah]