variants
or Brahmin
1
a
: a Hindu of the highest caste traditionally assigned to the priesthood
2
: any of an Indian breed of humped cattle : zebu
especially
: a large vigorous heat- and tick-resistant usually silvery-gray animal developed in the southern U.S. from the zebu and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
3
usually Brahmin
: a person of high social standing and cultivated intellect and taste
Boston Brahmins
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Rooted in Brahman and Theravada Buddhist traditions, Day One is Moha Songkran, derived from the Sanskrit sangkranti, for movement or passage.
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
In an English castle, Lady Selwyn, an eccentric, rich widow with a passion for South Asian art carries on a clandestine affair with her personal secretary, a Brahmin who served as aide de camp in Mysore to her late husband.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
Chaudhary is a Brahman, from the Upper Caste categories, and expressed a degree of skepticism about the whole process.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
The helicopter swung down to a cluster of Brahman cattle, hovering close enough for the dawn sun to be seen in their eyes.
—Damien Cave George Steinmetz, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
In the clustering spreadsheet Zack found that my parents aligned with a Brahmin from trans-Himalaya India and some Indians from Singapore, all notable for clear East Asian ancestry.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
In an English castle, Lady Selwyn, an eccentric, rich widow with a passion for South Asian art carries on a clandestine affair with her personal secretary, a Brahmin who served as aide de camp in Mysore to her late husband.
—Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
Chaudhary is a Brahman, from the Upper Caste categories, and expressed a degree of skepticism about the whole process.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
The helicopter swung down to a cluster of Brahman cattle, hovering close enough for the dawn sun to be seen in their eyes.
—Damien Cave George Steinmetz, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
In the clustering spreadsheet Zack found that my parents aligned with a Brahmin from trans-Himalaya India and some Indians from Singapore, all notable for clear East Asian ancestry.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2012
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“Brahman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Brahman. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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