1. social status or position conferred by a system based on class - lose caste by doing work beneath one's station • Hypernyms: status, position 2.(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity • Topics: Hinduism, Hindooism • Hypernyms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class • Hyponyms: jati 3. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth • Hypernyms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class 4. in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony • Topics: entomology, bugology • Hypernyms: animal group • Part Holonyms: colony
