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1. (n.) elite
(often used with a pl. v.) the choice or best of a group, class, or the like.
2. elite
(used with a pl. v.) persons of the wealthiest class.
3. elite
a group of persons exercising authority within a larger group.
4. elite
a 10-point type widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch.
5. (adj.) elite
of the best or most select.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME elit a person elected to office < MF e(s)lit ptp. of e(s)lire to choose < VL *exlegere, for L ēligere; see elect)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
2. (adj) elect, elite
selected as the best
"an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
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1. (noun) elite
people who are the best, richest, most powerful, etc.
the political elite
2. (adjective) elite
the best
elite athletes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) elite
a choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. elite
Clueful. Plugged-in. One of the cognoscenti. Also used as a
general positive adjective. This term is not actually native hacker slang;
it is used primarily by crackers and warez d00dz,
for which reason hackers use it only with heavy irony. The term used to
refer to the folks allowed in to the “hidden” or
“privileged” sections of BBSes in the early 1980s (which,
typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early boards would only
let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the sections (or
‘boards’) on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently legendary
‘triple super secret’ boards were elite. Misspellings of this
term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms l337 eleet, and 31337 (among others) have been sighted.A true hacker would be more likely to use
‘wizardly’. Oppose lamer.
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Sense: (with the) the best or most important people especially within society.
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 Afrikaans: elite, keur |
 Arabic: نُخْبَه، صَفْوَه |
 Bulgarian: елит |
 Brazilian: elite |
 Czech: elita |
 German: die Elite |
 Danish: elite |
 Greek: ελίτ, αφρόκρεμα |
 Spanish: élite |
 Estonian: eliit |
 Farsi: نخبه؛ سرآمد |
 Finnish: eliitti |
 French: élite |
 Hebrew: עִלִית |
 Hindi: अभिजात वर्ग |
 Croatian: elita |
 Hungarian: elit |
 Indonesian: elit |
 Icelandic: úrval; heldra fólk |
 Italian: élite |
 Japanese: エリート |
 Korean: 엘리트, 최상류의 사람들 |
 Lithuanian: elitas |
 Latvian: elite |
 Malay: elit |
 Dutch: elite |
 Norwegian: elite |
 Polish: elita |
 Persian: نخبه؛ سرآمد |
 Pashto: غوره |
 Portuguese: elite |
 Romanian: elită |
 Russian: элита |
 Slovak: elita |
 Slovenian: izbranci |
 Serbian: elita |
 Swedish: elit |
 Thai: บุคคลสำคัญในสังคม |
 Turkish: seçkin sınıf |
 Taiwanese: 精英 |
 Ukrainian: еліта, добірна частина |
 Urdu: ممتاز طبقہ |
 Vietnamese: tầng lớp thượng lưu |
 Chinese: 杰出人物 |
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