pəˈrīə sometimes ˈpa(a)rēə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Tamil paṟaiyan, literally, drummer, from paṟai drum
1. : a member of a low caste of southern India and Burma that is below Sudra rank and has provided many farm laborers and domestic servants
2. : a person despised or rejected by society : outcast
hundreds of thousands of lepers still exist throughout the world as social pariahs — V.G.Heiser
many virile minds dare not speak out for fear of … becoming political pariahs — L.L.Rice
a pariah to former friends, who were afraid to be seen with me — P.B.Williamson