military caste
Hereditary fighting stratum
A military caste is a hereditary social class whose members are expected or obligated to serve as warriors or soldiers.
In caste systems, military service passes from parent to child as both duty and privilege, with the warrior class occupying a distinct position in the social hierarchy: The Kshatriyas formed the military caste of traditional Hindu society.
The term also describes any society where military families form a self-perpetuating elite: Prussia developed a military caste that dominated its officer corps for generations.
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- warrior classHereditary military social tier
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
noble birth · nobility · ruling elite · feudal lord · rank · hierarchy · chain of command · honor · sword · sword arm · feudal · elite · hereditary · clan · lineage · duty · armor · conquest
- Prussian NobilityBismarck, Moltke, Hindenburg, Clausewitz, Francois
military casteclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
merchant guild · monastic order · merchant class · untouchables · scribes
military casteQuakers
Pacifist Protestant denomination
Jains · monastic order · Amish · clergy · Brethren
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