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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 pica¹.

–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 Audio Help (ĭ-lēt', ā-lēt') Pronunciation Key
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.
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.

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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).

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elite
adjective
1.	selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges" [syn: elect]
noun
1.	a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

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élite [eiˈliːt, (American) i-] noun

(with the) the best or most important people especially within society

Arabic:	نُخْبَه، صَفْوَه
Chinese (Simplified):	杰出人物
Chinese (Traditional):	傑出人物
Czech:	elita
Danish:	elite
Dutch:	elite
Estonian:	eliit
Finnish:	eliitti
French:	élite
German:	die Elite
Greek:	ελίτ, αφρόκρεμα
Hungarian:	elit
Icelandic:	úrval; heldra fólk

Italian:	élite
Japanese:	エリート
Latvian:	elite
Lithuanian:	elitas
Polish:	elita
Portuguese (Brazil):	elite
Portuguese (Portugal):	elite
Romanian:	elită
Russian:	элита
Slovak:	elita
Spanish:	élite
Swedish:	elit
Turkish:	seçkin sınıf

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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)