Usually means: Outcasts shunned by mainstream society.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pariah)

noun:  Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
noun:  (figurative) A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
noun:  (zoology) Ellipsis of pariah dog: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts. [(zoology) Synonym of pye-dog: a half-wild stray dog, particularly in Indian contexts.]
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