| 释义 |
brah·min
\ˈbrämə̇n, -rȧm-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: an intellectually and socially cultivated and exclusive person
< now equalization has come to mean the lowering of the brahmin — C.H.Grandgent >
especially : such a person from one of the older New England families — sometimes used disparagingly
< a Boston brahmin >
• brah·min·ic \(ˈ)brä|minik, -rȧ|-\ or brah·min·i·cal \-nə̇kəl\ adjective, usually capitalized |