Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brahman

4 senses of brahman

Sense 1
brahman, brahmin -- (a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman")
       => aristocrat, blue blood, patrician -- (a member of the aristocracy)

Sense 2
brahman, brahmin -- (a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests")
       => Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani -- (a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India)

Sense 3
brahman, brahmin -- (the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category)
       => varna -- ((Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis))

Sense 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)
       => bovine -- (any of various members of the genus Bos)