elite
[noun]
Synonyms: best, aristocracy, cream, crème de la crème, flower, nobility, pick, upper class

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Contrasted words: hoi polloi, (the) masses, mob, peasantry, people, proletariat, rabble
Related Idioms: cream of the crop, crème de la crème, pick of the bunch, high society, horsey set
Related Words: elect, pink, select, hoi polloi, drawing rooms, Four Hundred, beautiful people, jet set, smart set

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I. e‧lite¹ /eɪˈliːt, ɪ-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: past participle of élire 'to choose', from Latin eligere; ⇒ elect¹]
a group of people who have a lot of power and influence because they have money, knowledge, or special skills
political/social/economic etc elite
the domination of power by a small political elite
a struggle for power within the ruling elite

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II. elite² adjective
an elite group contains the best, most skilled or most experienced people or members of a larger group:
an elite group of artists
elite universities

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elite
noun
ADJ. governing, ruling | business, political, social
VERB + ELITE create, form These people form an elite who have the power to make decisions.
join
PHRASES a member of an elite a club for members of the business elite

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