''Elite' definitions:
Definition of ''Elite'
From: GCIDE
- '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.]