A Brahman is a person of the highest rank in the Hindu faith — traditionally a priest and a teacher of the holy books. In older Indian society there were groups with different work and standing; Brahmans stood at the top of that order. In English you will also see Brahmin for the same kind of person; that spelling is very common, and you should not treat it as a different word.

A Brahman is a person of the highest rank in the Hindu faithBrahman 是印度教裡地位最高的人——traditionally a priest and a teacher of the holy books傳統上是祭司，也是聖典的教師。In older Indian society在較早的印度社會裡，there were groups with different work and standing有不同工作和地位的群體，Brahmans stood at the top of that orderBrahman 就站在這個階層的最頂端。In English you will also see Brahmin for the same kind of person在英文裡你也會看到 Brahmin 這個拼法，指同一種人；that spelling is very common這個拼法很常見，and you should not treat it as a different word你不該把它當成另一個不同的字。

Though actually, English stretches this spelling in other ways too. In Hindu philosophy, Brahman can mean the great holy reality behind everything — not a person at all. And in the United States, people sometimes say “Boston Brahmin” for an old, rich, well-read family; they are borrowing the idea of a high, closed circle, not talking about Hindu priests.

Though actually不過其實，English stretches this spelling in other ways too英文對這個拼法還有其他延伸用法。In Hindu philosophy在印度教哲學裡，Brahman can mean the great holy reality behind everythingBrahman 可以指萬物背後那個偉大神聖的實相——not a person at all完全不是指一個人。And in the United States而在美國，people sometimes say "Boston Brahmin" for an old, rich, well-read family人們有時候會用 "Boston Brahmin" 來稱一個古老、富有、有學問的家族；they are borrowing the idea of a high, closed circle他們借用的是「高高在上、封閉的圈子」這個概念，not talking about Hindu priests而不是在講印度教的祭司。

Here we mean the person of high rank.

Here we mean the person of high rank在這裡我們指的是那個地位崇高的人。