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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae -manes, -mani, pl., Gr ?, pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo["o]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox considered sacred by the Hindoos. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Brahmin n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family: "a Boston Brahmin" [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}] 2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes; "originally all Brahmins were priests" [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}] 3: the highest of the four main Hindu castes: the priestly caste [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}] 4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle especially a large American heat- and tick-resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: {Brahman}, {Brahma}, {Brahmin}, {Bos indicus}]
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