"TamBrahm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TamBrahms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TamBrahm (plural TamBrahms)
  1. (sometimes attributive) Abbreviation of Tamil Brahmin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, sometimes Alternative form of: Tamil Brahmin Synonyms: Tambrahm
    Sense id: en-TamBrahm-en-noun-fjm-XEbs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 October 12, Nikitha Sathi, “Opinion: Caste pages on social media fuel discrimination and must be called out”, in The News Minute",
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