brahminess

English

Alternative forms

• brahmaness

Etymology

brahmin +‎ -ess

Noun

brahminess (plural brahminesses)

1. (dated) A female brahmin (member of Hindu priestly caste).
   • 1939, Ivor Griffith, Lobscows: the clean-up of an editorial kitchen, page 23:

     The Chinese share the aversion, and the Brahmins were forbidden by law to marry a red-haired woman, a silly law which the Brahminesses immediately circumvented by the generous use of dye from black walnuts.