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Definition of: Brahman
(brä′mən) noun plural ·mans
1. A member of the first of the four Hindu castes of India; the sacerdotal class: also spelled Brahmin.
2. A species of cattle originally imported from India and bred in the southern United States. [<Skt. brāhmana <brahman praise, worship]
—Brah·man·i (brä′mən·ē) noun fem.
—Brah·man·ic (brä·man′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
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