elite

elite
/i leet", ay leet"/, n.
1. (often used with a pl. v.) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2. (used with a pl. v.) 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. Cf. pica1.
adj.
5. representing the most choice or select; best: an elite group of authors.
Also, élite.
[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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