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noun
a person in South Asia that is caste oppressed or a religious minority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुजन (bahujana) / Pali bahujana (“majority”) as caste oppressed people are the majority of the population. The term was popularized by anti-caste social activists.
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