1. (

• brahman ,
• brahmin ,

) a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" ;

2. (

• brahman ,
• brahmin

) a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" ;

3. (

• brahman ,
• brahmin

) the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category ;

4. (

• Brahman ,
• Brahma ,
• Brahmin ,
• Bos_indicus

) 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 ;