elite

Definitions of elite
  1. noun
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    synonyms: bovenlaag
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    bovenlaag
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    aristocratie
    the most powerful members of a society
    elect
    an exclusive group of people
    intellect, intelligentsia
    an educated and intellectual elite
    grondbezit, grondeigendom, grootgrondbezit, latifundium
    the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
    adel, adeldom, aristocratie, nobiliteit, noblesse
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
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    eersteklas, kl., klas, klasse, stand
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
  2. noun
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    synonyms: bovenlaag
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    types:
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    elect
    an exclusive group of people
    intellect, intelligentsia
    an educated and intellectual elite
    adel, adeldom, aristocratie, nobiliteit, noblesse
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    aristocratie
    the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    ridderschap, ridderstand
    aristocrats holding the rank of knight
    samoerai
    feudal Japanese military aristocracy
    type of:
    bovenlaag
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
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