Boston Brahmin

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Boston Brahmin (plural Boston Brahmins)

  1. A person of high social standing who is a member of a wealthy, influential family with a lengthy history of residence in or near the city of Boston, USA.
    Synonym: Brahmin (Boston)
    Hypernym: Bostonian
    • 2005 August 10, Steven Pearlstein, “A Boston Brahmin's Brawls With Donaldson”, in Washington Post, page D01:
      Edward C. Johnson III is the very model of a Boston Brahmin billionaire—a pillar of Yankee discretion and probity.