brahman
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Definition of brahman:
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman"
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" 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 |