vaisya

English Thesaurus

1. the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category (noun.group)

hypernym	:	varna,
definition	:	(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) (noun.group)

member holonym	:	vaisya,
definition	:	a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes (noun.person)

2. a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes (noun.person)

hypernym	:	hindoo, hindu, hindustani,
definition	:	a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India (noun.person)

member meronym	:	vaisya,
definition	:	the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category (noun.group)