Brahmins
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The name is often given to socially or culturally privileged class es, such as “Boston Brahmins.”
Example Sentences
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Many Brahmins do not eat meat in accordance with rigid caste rules.
From BBC
The painter John Singer Sargent has sometimes been dismissed as an artist of flattery and frivolity — a portraitist-for-hire who catered to the vanities of his elite subjects, whether they were British aristocrats or Boston Brahmins.
From New York Times
Ramaswamy says he also learned about status and inequality between Brahmins like his family and the rest of Indian society.
From Washington Post
Brahmins, or the priestly caste, are at the top of the hierarchy and Dalit, or “untouchables,” at the bottom.
From Seattle Times
His family are Kashmiri Pandits, Hindu Brahmins whose roots in the valley go back centuries and who share the same ancestry as their Muslim neighbors.
From New York Times
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