Definition of "brahmin" [brahmin]

• A Hindu priestly caste; one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society. (noun)
• One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge. (noun)
• A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker. (noun)
• A social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA. (noun)
• A learned person of refined taste and mild manners. (noun)

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• "Subha says: 'They [certain brahmin teachers] are not able to read the thoughts of slave-girl Puṇṇikā."
• "The slightly later Nyaya (rigs-can-pa) school bases itself on The Logic Sutra (Skt. Nyaya Sutra) by Gautama – also known as the brahmin Akshapada (Bram-ze rKang-mig) – as commented on in the fourth century CE by Vatsyayana."
• "Her name is that of a brahmin gens – the Vāseṭṭhas – yet she is not called a brahmin in her own legend."