Brahmin - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbrɑːmɪn|
Brit.
|ˈbrɑːmɪn|
noun
- a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
- a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
- the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
- any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding (syn: brahma)
- a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
- the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
- any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding (syn: brahma)
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She was the daughter of a Boston Brahmin.
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