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brahmin, n.
(brahmins)
more info the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
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brahman brahmin
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member meronym
more info a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
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brahman brahmin

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"originally all brahmans were priests"
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hyponym
more info a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
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brahman brahmin

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"a Boston brahman"
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