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'Elite

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

'Elite \['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n.
   See {Army organization}, Switzerland.

'Elite \['E]`lite"\, n. [F., fr. ['e]lire to choose, L. eligere.
   See {Elect}.]
   A choice or select body; the flower; as, the ['e]lite of
   society.