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English

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Pronunciation


Adjective

  1. Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.


Translations

Noun

  1. A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
  2. someone|Someone who is among the best at certain task.
  3. * 1964, "1," Time, 7 Aug.,
  4. *:Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?


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Translations

et:elite fr:elite io:elite it:elite hu:elite pl:elite pt:elite ru:elite fi:elite ta:elite vi:elite tr:elite zh:elite

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 'Elite \['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n. [F., fr. ['e]lire to
choose, L. eligere. See Elect.]
1. A choice or select body; the flower; as, the ['e]lite of
society.
[1913 Webster]

2. See Army organization, Switzerland.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet elite
adj : selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite
colleges" [syn: elect]
n : a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual
or social or economic status [syn: elite group]
Moby Dictionary
FFVs , Vanity Fair , ancienne noblesse , aristocracy , baronage ,
baronetage , barons , beau monde , beautiful people , best ,
best people , bunch , cabal , cadre , cafe society , cafe-society ,
camarilla , carriage trade , cell , champion , charmed circle ,
chivalry , choice , chosen , chosen people , circle , clan , clique ,
closed circle , coterie , cream , cream of society , crew , crowd ,
drawing room , elect , elite group , establishment ,
fashionable society , fat , flower , for the best , good society ,
greatest , group , handpicked , haut monde , high life , high society ,
high-society , hoi polloi , in society , in-crowd , ingroup ,
inner circle , jet set , jet-set , jeunesse doree , junta , junto ,
knightage , lace-curtain , lords of creation , matchless , mob , monde ,
nobility , noblesse , noblesse de robe , nonesuch , nonpareil ,
old nobility , optimal , optimum , outfit , overlapping , paragon ,
paramount , peerage , peerless , people of fashion , pick , picked ,
pink , polite society , power elite , power structure , pride , prime ,
prize , queen , quintessence , quintessential , right people , ring ,
royalty , ruling circles , ruling class , salon , select , set ,
silk-stocking , smart set , social register , socially prominent ,
societe , society , superlative , supreme , surpassing ,
the Four Hundred , the best , the best ever , the best people ,
the brass , the classes , the tops , the very best , top , top people ,
unmatchable , unmatched , unparalleled , unsurpassed , upper class ,
upper classes , upper crust , upper ten , upper ten thousand ,
uppercut , very best , we-group , world of fashion


Jargon elite adj. 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.


FOLDOC 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)


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