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Brah⋅min

  [brah-min] noun, plural -min, -mins, adjective
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–noun
1. Hinduism. Brahman (def. 1).
2. (esp. 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.
3. a person who is intellectually or socially aloof.
–adjective
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Brahmin: the Brahmin attitudes of a true aristocrat.
Origin:
1475–85; var. of Brahman

Related forms:
Brah⋅min⋅ic  [brah-min-ik] , Brah⋅min⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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Brah·min   (brä'mĭn)   
n.  

  1. Variant of Brahman.

  2. A member of a cultural and social elite, especially of that formed by descendants of old New England families: a Boston Brahmin.

  3. Variant of Brahman.

adj.  Variant of Brahman.

[Probably alteration of Sanskrit brāhmaṇaḥ, from brāhmaṇa-, brahminic; see Brahman.]
Brah·min'ic (-mĭn'ĭk), Brah·min'i·cal adj.
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Word Origin & History

brahmin 
"member of Boston's upper class," 1823, fig. use of Brahman "member of the highest priestly Hindu caste," 1481, from Skt. brahmana-s, from brahman- "prayer," also "the universal soul, the Absolute." Related to Brahma, chief god of the trinity Brahma-Vishnu-Siva in Hindu religion.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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