a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family);
"a Boston brahman"
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas;
"originally all brahmans were priests"
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
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
