caste
英 [kɑ?st]
美[k?st]
- n. （印度社會中的）種姓；（具有嚴格等級差別的）社會地位；（排他的）社會團體
- n. (Caste)人名；(英、法)卡斯特
英英釋意
- 1. social status or position conferred by a system based on class;
- "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
- 2. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
- 3. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth