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e⋅lite

  [i-leet, ey-leet]
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–noun
1. (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2. (used with a plural verb) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there.
3. a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group: the power elite of a major political party.
4. a type, approximately 10-point in printing-type size, widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch. Compare pica 1 .
–adjective
5. representing the most choice or select; best: an elite group of authors.
Also, é⋅lite.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME elit a person elected to office < MF e(s)lit ptp. of e(s)lire to choose; see elect
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e·lite or é·lite   (ĭ-lēt', ā-lēt')   
n.   pl. elite or e·lites

    1. A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status: "In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them" (Times Literary Supplement).

    2. The best or most skilled members of a group: the football team's elite.

  2. A size of type on a typewriter, equal to 12 characters per linear inch.


[French élite, from Old French eslite, from feminine past participle of eslire, to choose, from Latin ēligere; see elect.]
e·lite' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

elite 
1823, from Fr. élite "selection, choice," from O.Fr. fem. pp. of elire, elisre "pick out, choose," from L. eligere "choose" (see election). Borrowed in M.E. as "chosen person," esp. a bishop-elect, died out c.1450, re-introduced by Byron's "Don Juan." As a typeface, first recorded 1920. Elitist, elitism are first attested 1950 (the original examples were Freud, Nietzsche, and Carlyle).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

elite
1. A term used to describe skilled crackers or hackers, or their deeds. In the last sense, compare to elegant.
The term is also used to describe exclusive forums (ftp sites, BBSs) used for trading pirated software, cracking tools, or phreaking codes.
(1997-01-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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