Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Brahman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindoos.
{Brahman bull} (Zo["o]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu,
or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Brahman
n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite especially a
descendant of an Old New England family: "a Boston
Brahmin" [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu castes;
"originally all Brahmins were priests" [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}]
3: the highest of the four main Hindu castes: the priestly
caste [syn: {Brahmin}, {Brahman}]
4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large
American heat and tick resistant grayish 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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