New England Brahmin

E172800

New England Brahmin refers to a traditional elite social class in New England, historically characterized by wealth, education, cultural influence, and often old Anglo-American Protestant lineage.

All labels observed (11)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elite
social class
upper class
associatedWithConcept WASP elite
New England Brahmin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yankee aristocracy

old American elite
associatedWithEthnicity Anglo-Saxons
surface form: Anglo-Saxon

English American
associatedWithInstitution Boston Brahmin families
Harvard University
Ivy League
Yale University
associatedWithRegion Back Bay
Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Cambridge, Massachusetts
associatedWithReligion Congregationalism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Unitarianism
country United States of America
surface form: United States
emergedInCentury 19th century
flourishedInCentury 19th century
early 20th century
hasCharacteristic Anglo-American Protestant lineage
Protestant ethic
WASP
Yankee heritage
culturally influential
high educational attainment
old money
philanthropic tradition
politically influential
reserved manners
sense of civic duty
socially prominent
wealthy
well educated
influencedDomain American education
American literature
American politics
business
philanthropy
knownFor attendance at elite prep schools
influence in New England cultural institutions
interlocking family networks
membership in exclusive clubs
locatedIn New England
nameDerivedFrom Brahmin caste in Hinduism
termUsedSince 19th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Appleton Longfellow hasHeritage New England Brahmin
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow hasHeritage New England Brahmin
Alice Mary Longfellow heritage New England Brahmin
Henry Lee Higginson heritage New England Brahmin
Lowell family socialClass New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Frederick Tudor partOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England merchant class
Abbott Lawrence socialClass New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Samuel Phillips Jr. heritage New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England colonial elite
Lyman family connectedTo New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin families
Lyman family partOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England upper class
John Moors Cabot socialClass New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Charles Eliot heritage New England Brahmin
Ogden Codman Jr. familyBackground New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Boston art community associatedWithPatron New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin families
Elizabeth Shaw Melville socialClass New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell associatedWith New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin society
Edmund Quincy socialClass New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England gentry
New England Brahmin associatedWithConcept New England Brahmin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yankee aristocracy
Thomas Gold Appleton memberOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: Boston Brahmin
Percival Lowell heritage New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England elite family
George Cabot partOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England political elite
Allerton family partOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England colonial elite
Deborah Lothrop Gardiner memberOf New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England colonial elite
Quincy estate in Massachusetts associatedWith New England Brahmin
this entity surface form: New England gentry