Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
'Elite \['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n.
See {Army organization}, Switzerland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
'Elite \['E]`lite"\, n. [F., fr. ['e]lire to choose, L. eligere.
See {Elect}.]
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the ['e]lite of
society.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elite
adj : selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite
colleges" [syn: {elect}]
n : a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual
or social or economic status
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