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单词 pariah
释义 pa·ri·ah
\pəˈrīə sometimes ˈpa(a)rēə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Tamil paṟaiyan, literally, drummer, from paṟai drum
1. : a member of a low caste of southern India and Burma that is below Sudra rank and has provided many farm laborers and domestic servants
2. : a person despised or rejected by society : outcast
 < hundreds of thousands of lepers still exist throughout the world as social pariahs — V.G.Heiser >
 < many virile minds dare not speak out for fear of … becoming political pariahs — L.L.Rice >
 < a pariah to former friends, who were afraid to be seen with me — P.B.Williamson >
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