Brahmin
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The portfolio, which was known as Markel Ventures until last year, includes Lansing, a building-products distributor; Brahmin, a maker of high-end handbags; and Eagle, a Virginia home builder.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
A disillusioned, admittedly misanthropic Boston Brahmin, Lowell came to see himself as a scientist with the soul of a poet, or a poet with scientific instincts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
In his 2021 book Woke Inc., he wrote about his family’s position as Brahmin, often considered the highest of Hindu castes.
From Slate • Nov. 9, 2023
Ms Sawant, a socialist, has previously spoken of being raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India and witnessing such discrimination.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023
Siddhartha gave his clothes to a poor Brahmin on the road and only retained his loincloth and earth-colored unstitched cloak He only ate once a day and never cooked food.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing Brahmin
Siddhartha
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Chapters 3–4
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History of India - Middle School and High School
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