brahmin
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
a Boston brahman
Types & categories
- aristocrat hypernym
Related & opposite
- brahminic derivation
Sense 2 noun
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
originally all brahmans were priests
Types & categories
- Hindustani hypernym
- smarta hyponym
Parts & wholes
- brahman member holonym
Related & opposite
- brahminic derivation
Sense 3 noun
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
Types & categories
- varna hypernym
Parts & wholes
- brahman member meronym
Related & opposite
- brahminic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brahminic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | aristocrat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brahminic |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | brahman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | Hindustani |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smarta |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | brahminic |
| 3 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | brahman |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | varna |