Dictionary entry

Brahman

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Brah″man (�), Brah″min (�), } n.; pl.Brahmans, Brahmins. [Skr. Brāhmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. �, pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.

Brahman bull(Zoöl.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.