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1. A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
   "a Boston brahmin"
   - brahman
    
2. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
   "originally all brahmins were priests"
   - brahman
    
3. The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
   - brahman

1. 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

See also: brahminic

Type of: aristocrat, blue blood, bovine, Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani, patrician, varna

Part of: Bos, genus Bos

Encyclopedia: Brahmin