Brahmin

Quick meaning: Brahmin is a noun meaning A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
2. A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
3. A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
4. Scholarly.
5. (chiefly US, especially New England, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.

Example Sentences

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

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.

Word Forms

• brahmins
• brahman
• Bramin

Synonyms for brahmin

Depending on context, synonyms include brahminical, brahmana, brahman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brahman, pundit, pandit, brahmana, priest, cleric.

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