ˈbrämə̇n, -rȧm- noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: an intellectually and socially cultivated and exclusive person
now equalization has come to mean the lowering of the brahmin — C.H.Grandgent
especially : such a person from one of the older New England families — sometimes used disparagingly
a Boston brahmin
• brah·min·ic (ˈ)brä|minik, -rȧ|- or brah·min·i·cal -nə̇kəl adjective , usually capitalized