Dhome

See also: dhomë

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Noun

Dhome (plural Dhomes)

  1. A member of a low-ranking Indian caste traditionally employed in carrying dead bodies, removing carrion, etc.
    • 1866, Net Cast in Many Waters (page 181)
      But the poor Mehta or Pariah […] is not the lowest of his race. […] He looks down upon the Dhomes. […] the Dhomes are employed in pushing out into the course of the stream the decomposing bodies as they lodge on the banks.
    • 1921, The Asiatic Review (page 288)
      Dhomes are quite a large caste throughout India, but these, though known as Dhomes, are differentiated by the appellation Maghaya; in fact, they have no real connection with the Dhomes.

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