Brahmin

Example Sentences

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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

The shrine's managing board mirrors this sense of respectful co-existence - while two of its trustees are Muslims, its hereditary custodians are from a Hindu Brahmin family.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2024

Sawant, who identifies as a socialist, has acknowledged her own personal privilege, noting that she grew up in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India and witnessed caste discrimination first-hand.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023

In March 1857, a sepoy named Mangal Pandey, a devout Hindu from the high-ranking Brahmin caste, attacked two British officers.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

It resembled the face of his father, the Brahmin.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse