Brahman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Brahman	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Brahman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brahman n a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" Synonym(s): brahman, brahmin a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" Synonym(s): brahman, brahmin the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category Synonym(s): brahman, brahmin 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 Synonym(s): Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Bos indicus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans}, {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[be]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. [?], pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. {Brahman bull} (Zo[94]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.