caste

caste has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
• n.. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.
• n.. in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
• n.. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
• n.. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
• n.. social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"