pariah
noun
[ pəˈrʌɪə ]
• an outcast.
• "they were treated as social pariahs"
• a member of an indigenous people of southern India originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste.
Origin:
early 17th century: from Tamil paṛaiyar, plural of paṛaiyan ‘(hereditary) drummer’, from paṛai ‘a drum’.
