'Elite \['E]`lite"\ ([=a]`l[=e]t"), n. See Army organization, Switzerland.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
'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.