All 3 Uses

Brahmin
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Les Miserables
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He did not go as far as the Brahmin, but he seemed to have weighed this saying of Ecclesiastes: "Who knoweth whither the soul of the animal goeth?"†
Chpt 1.1 *

Brahmin = highest caste of Hindu society; or a member of that caste
The vat of Trophonius contains nothing that is not in Mesmer's tub; Ergaphilas lives again in Cagliostro; the Brahmin Vasaphanta become incarnate in the Comte de Saint-Germain; the cemetery of Saint-Medard works quite as good miracles as the Mosque of Oumoumie at Damascus.†
Chpt 3.1
His habits of solitary meditation, while they had developed in him sympathy and compassion, had, perhaps, diminished the faculty for irritation, but had left intact the power of waxing indignant; he had the kindliness of a brahmin, and the severity of a judge; he took pity upon a toad, but he crushed a viper.†
Chpt 3.8

Definitions:

(1) (Brahmin as in: Brahmin caste)
the highest caste of Hindu society -- responsibility for maintaining and communicating cultural tradition; hence providing priests, scholars and teachers

or: any member of that caste

Word Confusion: Brahmin is often confused with Brahman (concept of the supreme spirit found in Hinduism) because in Sanskrit they are spelled "bráhman" and "brahmán" respectively.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, Brahman can refer to any of several breeds of Indian cattle.

Much less commonly, Brahman can refer to a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family).