brahmin
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1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bovine, |
| definition | : | any of various members of the genus Bos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | zebu, |
| definition | : | domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | bos, genus bos, |
| definition | : | wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini (noun.animal) |
2. the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | varna, |
| definition | : | (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | brahman, brahmin, |
| definition | : | a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas (noun.person) |
3. a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | hindoo, hindu, hindustani, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | smarta, |
| definition | : | one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | brahman, brahmin, |
| definition | : | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category (noun.group) |
4. a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) (noun.person)
5. the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category (noun.group)
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