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  • n  a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
    a Boston brahman
  • n  a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
    originally all brahmans were priests
  • n  the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
  • n  any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding

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