| 释义 |
casteless, a.|ˈkɑːstlɪs|
[f. caste n. + -less.]
Having no caste or castes.
1886Fortn. Rev. Feb. 103 The dominion of a busy, roving, casteless nation. 1898Daily News 15 Aug. 6/2 Reformed casteless Hindoos. 1906Macm. Mag. July 714 While he [sc. the Maharajah of Travancore] journeyed over the black water to distant, and to them casteless and almost godless, Britain. 1949G. Bateson in M. Fortes Social Struct. 46 It is wrong for a casteless person to address a prince in other than the ‘polished language’. |