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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Vais·ya /ˈvaɪʃjə, ˈvaɪʃə/
 印度四姓的第三階級;平民

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vais·ya n.  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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Vaisya
      n 1: a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the
           third of the four main castes
      2: the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman
         farmers or mercantile and professional category