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1. (n.) Vaisya
a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas.
Etymology: (1785–95; < Skt vaiśya)
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1. (noun) Vaisya
a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
2. (noun) vaisya
the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category
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1. (noun) vaisya
the third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1
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