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Elite

Elite Meaning & Definition
Elite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Elite?

[n] a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
[adj] selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Elite: elect | selected

Related Terms | Find terms related to Elite: ancienne noblesse | aristocracy | baronage | baronetage | barons | beau monde | beautiful people | best | best people | bunch | cabal | cadre | cafe society | cafe-society | camarilla | carriage trade | cell | champion | charmed circle | chivalry | choice | chosen | chosen people | circle | clan | clique | closed circle | coterie | cream | cream of society | crew | crowd | drawing room | elect | elite group | establishment | fashionable society | fat | FFVs | flower | for the best | good society | greatest | group | handpicked | haut monde | high life | high society | high-society | hoi polloi | in society | in-crowd | ingroup | inner circle | jet set | jet-set | jeunesse doree | junta | junto | knightage | lace-curtain | lords of creation | matchless | mob | monde | nobility | noblesse | noblesse de robe | nonesuch | nonpareil | old nobility | optimal | optimum | outfit | overlapping | paragon | paramount | peerage | peerless | people of fashion | pick | picked | pink | polite society | power elite | power structure | pride | prime | prize | queen | quintessence | quintessential | right people | ring | royalty | ruling circles | ruling class | salon | select | set | silk-stocking | smart set | social register | socially prominent | societe | society | superlative | supreme | surpassing | the best | the best ever | the best people | the brass | the classes | the Four Hundred | the tops | the very best | top | top people | unmatchable | unmatched | unparalleled | unsurpassed | upper class | upper classes | upper crust | upper ten | upper ten thousand | uppercut | Vanity Fair | very best | we-group | world of fashion

See Also | aristocracy | beau monde | bon ton | chosen | clerisy | cream | elect | few | high society | intelligentsia | nobility | pick | smart set | society | upper class | upper crust

Elite In Webster's Dictionary

\['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.
\['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n. See {Army organization}, Switzerland.

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