Brahmin

Brahmin (from Pali braahmaa.na): The brahmin (sometimes spelled brahman) caste of India has long maintained that its members, by their birth, are worthy of the highest respect. Buddhism borrowed the term brahman to apply to those who have attained the goal, to show that respect is earned not by birth, race, or caste, but by spiritual attainment. Used in the Buddhist sense, this term is synonymous with Arahant.