nnoun.persona member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)Synset:brahmin
Derivationally Related Form:brahminicbrahminical
Hypernyms:aristocrat blue blood patrician
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanaristocratleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanaristocratleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona member of the highest of the four Hindu varnasSynset:brahmin
Examples:- originally all brahmans were priests
Derivationally Related Form:brahminicbrahminical
Member Holonyms:brahman brahmin
Hypernyms:Hindoo Hindu Hindustani
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanhinduasianinhabitantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanhinduasianinhabitantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanhinduasianperson of colorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanhinduasianperson of colorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:smarta
nnoun.groupthe highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal categorySynset:brahmin
Derivationally Related Form:brahminicbrahminical
Hypernyms:varna
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanvarnagroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:brahman brahmin
nnoun.animalany 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 crossbreedingSynset:Bos indicus Brahma Brahman Brahmin
Member Holonyms:Bos genus Bos
Hypernyms:bovine
Inherited Hypernyms:brahmanbovinebovidruminanteven-toed ungulateungulateplacentalmammalvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:zebu