/har"i jan'/ , n. , pl. Harijans , ( esp. collectively ) Harijan . ( often l.c. ) Hinduism.
1. untouchable (def. 5).
2. a member of the group formerly known as untouchables in India: a term used by Mohandas K. Gandhi.
[ 1930-35; harijana person of Hari (a name for Vishnu), hence, in Gandhi's conception, a child of God ]