elite

Meanings

Adjective

• Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
• Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

Noun

• A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
• Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
• A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

Origin

• From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit past participle of elire, eslire, from Latin eligere ("to choose, elect"), with past participle electus; see elect.