Vaisya

Vaisya
/vuys"yeuh, vuysh"-/, n.
a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas. Cf. Brahman (def. 1).
[1785-95; < Skt vaisya]

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