elite

  1. Adjective.  Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
  2. Adjective.  Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.
  4. Noun.  (countable) Someone who is among the best at certain task.

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