| Noun | 1. | brahman - a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston Brahman" | |
| 2. | brahman - a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests"brahman, brahmin - the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category smarta - one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy accordin to the Vedanta school of Hinduism | |
| 3. | brahman - the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal categoryvarna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) brahman, brahmin - a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" | |
| 4. | Brahman - any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreedingBos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos zebu - domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia | |