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chosen, elect
an exclusive group of people
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cream, pick
the best people or things in a group
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clerisy, intelligentsia
an educated and intellectual elite
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beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society
the fashionable elite
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few
a small elite group
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aristocracy, nobility
a privileged class holding hereditary titles
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culturati
people interested in culture and cultural activities
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literati
the literary intelligentsia
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noblesse
members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
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baronage, peerage
the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
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baronetage
the collective body of baronets
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knighthood
aristocrats holding the rank of knight
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samurai
feudal Japanese military aristocracy
