Elite

Adjective

 * 1) Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
 * 2) Representing the choicest or most select of a group

Noun

 * 1)  A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
 * 2)  Someone who is among the best at certain task.
 * 3) * 1964, "France's Culture Corps," Time, 7 Aug.,
 * Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?

Related terms

 * elect
 * élire
 * elitism
 * elitist
 * l33t
 * select
 * selection

Thesaurus
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Alternative forms

 * élite

Etymology
< elit:, past participle of elire: <  eligere:; see elect.

Adjective

 * Dutch: elitair, elitaire
 * French:


 * German:
 * Portuguese: elite

Noun

 * Arabic: نخبة
 * Catalan: élite
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: elito
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: עילית (‘ilít), אליטה (elíta)
 * Portuguese: elite, escol
 * Romanian: elită
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: top-


 * German:

Alternative forms

 * élite

Noun

 * 1) elite