brahman
- 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