"brahmins" in the noun sense
1. brahman, brahmin
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family
"a Boston brahman"
2. brahman, brahmin
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
"originally all brahmans were priests"
3. brahman, brahmin
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
4. Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Bos indicus
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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