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# brahmin

«brahmin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (brahmin, brahmins) (rare)

### meaning for a pupil

A brahmin is a member of the highest Hindu priestly class in India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brahmin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a brahmin is a wise, learned man who mourns or advises

### examples

- The brahmin mourned his son's death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brahmin/#x1)
- The wise brahmin gave good advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brahmin/#x2)
- A brahmin taught the young prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brahmin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brahmin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brahmin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.