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Brahmin

[brah-min] / ˈbrɑ mɪn /




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The portfolio, which was known as Markel Ventures until last year, includes Lansing, a building-products distributor; Brahmin, a maker of high-end handbags; and Eagle, a Virginia home builder.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2025

In his 2021 book Woke Inc., he wrote about his family’s position as Brahmin, often considered the highest of Hindu castes.

From Slate Nov. 9, 2023

Born in 1996 in a poor Brahmin family in Chhatarpur district's Gada village, he dropped out after a few years of education to work to supplement the family income.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2023

Siddhartha now also realized why he had struggled in vain with this Self when he was a Brahmin and an ascetic.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's May 1, 2026

The census showed, for instance, that traditionally privileged groups such as Brahmins were overrepresented in government jobs compared with their population, whereas some historically disadvantaged castes such as the Mushawars were underrepresented.

From Science Magazine Mar. 22, 2024

Many Brahmins do not eat meat in accordance with rigid caste rules.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2024

Ramaswamy says he also learned about status and inequality between Brahmins like his family and the rest of Indian society.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2023

Twenty percent of Kerala’s population were Syrian Christians, who believed that they were descendants of the one hundred Brahmins whom St. Thomas the Apostle converted to Christianity when he traveled East after the Resurrection.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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