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Look up: Brahmin

  1. Brahmin
    India A Hindu from the highest, originally priestly, caste.
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. Brahmin
    [n] - a member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family 2. [n] - a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes 3. [n] - the highest of the four main Hindu castes: the priestly caste
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. brahmin
    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. ... <zoology> Brahman bull, the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos. ... Sourc ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. Brahmin
    The term `Brahmin` denotes both a member of the priestly class in the Hindu `varna` system, and a member of the highest caste in the caste system of Hindu society. The Sanskrit word ` denotes priestly class and caste (tribe).For definition of the noun ` as `1. A man belonging to the first of the four classes (` instead of `castes` in Apte's Skt-Hindi dictionary) of the Hindus, a (priest) (born from the mouth of the `Purusha`)`; and the adjectiv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin

  5. Brahmin
    • (n.) A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Brahmin
    member of any of several old, socially exclusive New England families of aristocratic and cultural pretensions, from which came some of the most ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/105

  7. Brahmin
    Brahmin: see Brahman.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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