Noun: brahmin braa-min
- The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
"The brahmin was consulted for religious ceremonies and rituals";
- brahman
- A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
"originally all brahmins were priests";
- brahman
- A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
"a Boston brahmin";
- brahman
- 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
- Brahman, Brahma, Bos indicus
Derived forms: Brahmins, brahmins
Type of: aristo [informal], aristocrat, blue blood, bovine, Hindoo [archaic], Hindu, Hindustani, patrician, varna
Encyclopedia: Brahmin