From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans},
{Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness;
the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane,
Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.]
1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
{Brahman bull} (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or
Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy
family who has considerable social or political influence;
-- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston
brahmin.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brahmin
n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a
descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston
brahman" [syn: {brahman}, {brahmin}]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally
all brahmans were priests" [syn: {brahman}, {brahmin}]
3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal
category [syn: {brahman}, {brahmin}]
4: 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 [syn: {Brahman}, {Brahma},
{Brahmin}, {Bos indicus}]
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