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caste

English

  1. 🔊 in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
  2. 🔊 a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
  3. 🔊 (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus
  4. 🔊 social status or position conferred by a system based on class
    “lose caste by doing work beneath one's station”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 casta caste
  2. 🔊 progenitura caste

Similar words

ashram blood body bracket branch category clan class colony commonwealth commune community condition division echelon economic class endogamous group estate extended family family footing gens grade group