pariah: [17] Now a general term for an ‘outcast’, pariah came into English from the caste system of southern India. It originally denoted a member of the largest of the lower castes, which was named in Tamil paraiyan. This meant literally ‘drummer’ (it was a derivative of parai ‘large festival drum’), a reference to the hereditary role of the paraiyar (plural) as drummers in festival parades.
pariah (n.)
1610s, from Portuguese paria or directly from Tamil paraiyar, plural of paraiyan "drummer" (at festivals, the hereditary duty of members of the largest of the lower castes of southern India), from parai "large festival drum." "Especially numerous at Madras, where its members supplied most of the domestics in European service" [OED]. Applied by Hindus and Europeans to any members of low Hindu castes and even to outcastes. Extended meaning "social outcast" is first attested 1819.
例文
1. Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.
間もなく、トムは村の少年の捨て子にぶつかった。
2.His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal,a pariah .
大家さんの奥さんは彼を危険な犯罪者や社会的捨て子のように扱っている。
3.The emancipation process of pariah began in the period of colony.
賤民解放の過程は植民地時代から始まった。
4.Ronaldo：He 's not a pariah ，he 's a very gifted boy.
彼は「卑しい子供」ではありません。彼は生まれつきの男の子です。
5.His removal by force，however，has made Honduras a pariah among regional nations.