Dhome
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Dhome
noun Dhomes · Dome
- A member of a low-ranking Indian caste traditionally employed in carrying dead bodies, removing carrion, etc. 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.