castes

noun castes

• classes — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
• backgrounds — Plural form of background.
• statuses — the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
• strata — a plural of stratum.
• degrees — any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.