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Brahmin

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noun

Hinduism. Brahman (def. 1).

(especially in New England) a person usually from an old, respected family who, because of wealth and social position, wields considerable social, economic, and political power.

a person who is intellectually or socially aloof.

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adjective

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Brahmin: the Brahmin attitudes of a true aristocrat.

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Origin:
1475–85; variant of Brahman

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Brah·min·ic

[brah-min-ik] , Brah·min·i·cal, adjective

non-Brah·min·ic, adjective

non-Brah·min·i·cal, adjective

un-Brah·min·i·cal, adjective

Can be confused: Brahman, Brahmin.

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Brahmin (ˈbrɑːmɪn)

—n , pl -min, -mins
1.	the older spelling of Brahman
2.	(in the US) a highly intelligent or socially exclusive person, esp a member of one of the older New England families
3.	an intellectual or social snob

Brah'minic

—*adj*

Brah'minical

—*adj*

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brahmin

"member of Boston's upper class," 1823, figurative use of Brahman "member of the highest priestly Hindu caste," late 15c., from Skt. brahmana-s, from brahman- "prayer," also "the universal soul, the Absolute," of uncertain origin. Related to Brahma.

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"Alike in so many ways, united by so many indestructible bonds, the two brothers were still different men. John Kennedy remained, as Paul Dever had said, the Brahmin; Robert, the Puritan. In English terms one was a Whig, the other, a Radical. John Kennedy was urbane, objective, analytical, controlled, contained, masterful, a man of perspective; Robert, while very bright and increasingly reflective, was more open, exposed, emotional, subjective, intense, a man of commitment. One was a man for whom everything seemed easy; the other a man for whom everything had been difficult. One was always graceful, the other often graceless. Meeting Robert for the first time in 1963, Roy Jenkins of England thought him "staccato, inarticulate ... much less rounded, much less widely informed, much less at ease with the world of power than his brother." John Kennedy, while taking part in things, seemed, as Tom Wicker observed, almost to watch himself take part and to criticize his own performance; Robert "lost himself in the event.""

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