Brahmin
noun[C]
uk/ˈbrɑː.mɪn/us/ˈbrɑː.mɪn/US(alsoBrahman)
amemberof agroupofpeoplewhoholda highsocialpositionand who are usually welleducated,especiallypeoplefrom thenortheasternstatesof the US:
（尤指出身美国东北州某些高贵家族的）要人，名士，上层人物In Florida, theformalBoston Brahminlooksas out ofplaceas a NewEnglandpinein the Everglades.在佛罗里达州，派头十足的波士顿上层人物看起来就像大沼泽地里的新英格兰松树一样与周遭格格不入。
another spelling ofBrahman
（Brahman 的另一种拼法）- He was veryproudof his Boston Brahminroots.
- He is a dour-faced Brahmin wholacksBillClinton's down-homemagnetism.
- Thatbreachofetiquetteoccurredat abastionofsnooty, Brahminmanners, The Country Club in Brookline,Mass.
- HollywoodstarsnowwearChanel as often as Boston Brahmans.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class