brahmin

1. (chiefly US, especially New England, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.Examples: "Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin."; "In Iran-Contra, the independent counsel investigating the scandal, Lawrence Walsh, was a deadly serious Brahmin lawyer with a sterling Republican pedigree; he nevertheless faced withering criticism from members of his own party, just as special counsel Robert Mueller has as he investigates Trump and his circle."New-EnglandUScapitalizedespecially