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Brahmin

A member of the WASP overclass that once ruled the state. Typically found on Beacon Hill. Cleveland Amory's The Proper Bostonians remains the definitive study of this group.

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Good Phylosopher, Young and learned social leader, working as sr. accounts officer in PSU.

Dineshbhai N. Joshi on August 10, 2004 05:43 AM.

I'm pretty sure that's just "Brahman" which is based on the upper class of Indian society - I've heard it used the same way here but for WASPS.

K on July 18, 2006 04:00 PM.

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