brahmin

plural brahmins · alternative Brahmin · alternative brahman · alternative dated Bramin

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

   Synonyms: brahmana

2. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
3. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
4. New EnglandUScapitalizedespeciallyA member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.

   Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin.

   1988 July 31, Jane O'Reilly, “Even Brahmins Get The Blues”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2022

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   In Iran-Contra, the independent counsel investigating the scandal, Lawrence Walsh, was a deadly serious Brahmin lawyer with a sterling Republican pedigree; he nevertheless faced withering criticism from members of his own party, just as special counsel Robert Mueller has as he investigates Trump and his circle.

   2018, Zach Dorfman, “How to Kill a Presidential Scandal”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2018

5. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.

alternative Brahmin · alternative brahman · alternative dated Bramin

1. not comparableScholarly.

   Synonyms: brahminic, brahminical

plural Brahmins

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of brahmin.

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Brahman.