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Definition of caste mark in English: caste marknoun A symbol on the forehead denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste. Example sentencesExamples - His hair is oiled and groomed into a beehive topknot; his high, unfurrowed forehead is punctuated with a round caste mark.
- The girl makes obeisance to her future husband three times and puts a caste mark on his forehead.
- It is almost like an Indian caste mark, but in this case appearing as a troubling presence, permanently in her consciousness.
- BBC English was not so much an imperial caste mark as a genuine lingua franca.
- Like the Hasidim with their pales, or the Indian woman with her caste mark.
Definition of caste mark in US English: caste marknounˈkas(t) ˌmärk A symbol on the forehead denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste. Example sentencesExamples - Like the Hasidim with their pales, or the Indian woman with her caste mark.
- His hair is oiled and groomed into a beehive topknot; his high, unfurrowed forehead is punctuated with a round caste mark.
- It is almost like an Indian caste mark, but in this case appearing as a troubling presence, permanently in her consciousness.
- The girl makes obeisance to her future husband three times and puts a caste mark on his forehead.
- BBC English was not so much an imperial caste mark as a genuine lingua franca.
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