Brahmins

1. The highest of the four major castes of Hinduism . Brahmins are followers of Brahma and were originally all priests .

Notes

The name is often given to socially or culturally privileged class es, such as “Boston Brahmins.”

Example Sentences

Ms Bhattacharya says her research shows that brahmins in southern India ate meat at least until the 16th Century.

From BBC

They were upper-caste Bengali brahmins, but Dorothy spent her childhood living a simple life on the family estate hundreds of miles away from Bengal in Rampur, near India's border with Nepal.

From BBC

"They are not sitting there saying, 'right, us brahmins are here and you kshatriyas are there.' "

From BBC

The Iyer caste are brahmins, at the very top of the carefully graded hierarchy.

From The Guardian

These brahmins were dressed in long brown robes, crossed in front by a white scarf, the two ends of which swept the ground.

From Project Gutenberg