Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. {Brahmans},
   {Brahmins}. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (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} (Zo["o]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu,
      or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.