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Definition of Brahmin

1. Noun. A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family). "A Boston brahman"

2. Noun. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas. "Originally all brahmans were priests"

3. Noun. The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category.

4. Noun. 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.

Definition of Brahmin

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of brahmin) ¹

2. Noun. A Hindu priestly caste; one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society. ¹

3. Noun. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge. ¹

4. Noun. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker. ¹

5. Noun. A social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA. ¹

6. Noun. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners. ¹

7. Adjective. scholarly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Brahmin

1. Origin: Skr. Brahmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl, Gr. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. Brahman bull, the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahmin

braggite braggy bragless bragly brags bragworthy brah brahma brahmadanda brahmadandas

brahmaness brahmanesses brahmani brahmans brahmas brahmin (current term) brahminic brahminical brahmo-somaj brahmoism

braid braide braided braider braiders braidest braiding braidings braidlike braids

Literary usage of Brahmin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Deccan Days: Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Mary Eliza Isabella Frere, Bartle Frere (1868)
"But the brahmin answered, " Stay yet a little longer, for two others must ... After this they saw an Alligator, and the brahmin related the matter to him, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But like the pantheistic brahmin, Buddha did not acknowledge his dependence on them. They were, like men, subject to decay and rebirth. ..."

3. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"I do not know of any brahmin cattle in the Panhandle or in central-west Texas, except steers, brought from south Texas for development. ..."

4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1855)
"To drink the water in which a brahmin't toe has been dipped, is considered ал a very great favour. "WHEN enquiring into this circumstance, I was informed, ..."

5. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"I do not know of any brahmin cattle in the Panhandle or in central-west Texas, except steers, brought from south Texas for development. ..."

6. The Boys' and Girls' Readers: Teachers' Manual of Silent and Oral Reading by Emma Miller Bolenius (1919)
"(Tiger and brahmin go on together and meet Camel) brahmin. ... brahmin. I have found do so, or no. BULLOCK. When I was able to work for men have no pity. ..."

7. Flowers of Song from Many Lands: Being Short Poems and Detached Verses by Frederic Rowland Marvin (1902)
"The master heard the din—in breathless rage he ran, The stupid brahmin seized and thrashed him well. The dream was gone, the plate of rice and all, ..."

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