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Brahmin

adjective as in gentle

noun as in socialite

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Example Sentences

I didn't realize that in part they were an engine for perpetuating the Brahmin class of New England.

Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin!

He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.

“I shall renew the bombardment, and put every one of you to death in a few days,” threatened the Brahmin.

Chumru had long ago decided to send the Brahmin to the place where all unbelievers go, at the first suitable opportunity.

They erect altars to the god Rama beneath its shade, and there, too, the Brahmin instructs his scholars.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Brahmin, such as: courteous, elegant, genteel, polite, cultured, and polished.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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