Definitions for Brahmin

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Brahmin Brah·min

Spelling: [brah-min]

IPA: /ˈbrɑ mɪn/

Brahmin is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in Brahmin (abhimnr).

Definitions for Brahmin

noun

1. Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
2. (especially in New England) a person usually from an old, respected family who, because of wealth and social position, wields considerable social, economic, and political power.
3. a person who is intellectually or socially aloof.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a Brahmin:

Origin of Brahmin

First recorded in 1475-85; variant of Brahman¹

Examples for Brahmin

Brahmin or no Brahmin, by my soul and my father's soul, in you go!

Returning to himself, the Brahmin, in a rage, runs off into the darkness of the hall.

He is a man of some importance, and wears a sacred thread like a Brahmin.

“It is not a dog,” says the Brahmin, “but a goat;” and trudged on.

I can only say that he had the sublime indifference of a Brahmin from the Ganges.

"I should say the dress of a Brahmin might be useful," Soyera suggested.

He ordered the hero to kill his own son and serve his corpse for the Brahmin to eat.

I didn't realize that in part they were an engine for perpetuating the Brahmin class of New England.

The Brahmin at last went to the hare and begged alms of him.

We shall be in the Brahmin caste of the hell of the Baptists.