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noun, plural Har·i·jans, (especially collectively) Har·i·jan. (often lowercase) Hinduism.
1.
untouchable (def. 5).
2.
a member of the group formerly known as untouchables in India: a term used by Mohandas K. Gandhi.
Origin:
1930–35; < Neo-Sanskrit harijana person of Hari (a name for Vishnu), hence, in Gandhi's conception, a child of God
1930–35; < Neo-Sanskrit harijana person of Hari (a name for Vishnu), hence, in Gandhi's conception, a child of God
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| Harijan (ˈhʌrɪdʒən) | |
| —n | |
| See scheduled castes a member of certain classes in India, formerly considered inferior and untouchable | |
| [Hindi, literally: man of God (so called by Mahatma Gandhi), from Hari god + jan man] | |
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