Subcaste vs. Caste

A subgrouping of a caste.

Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.

A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.

A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.

The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes

A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.

(zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindu are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

Social status or position conferred by a system based on class;

(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth