Usually means: Powerful individuals shaping societal norms.
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  1. elites: Merriam-Webster
  2. elites: Collins English Dictionary
  3. elites: Vocabulary.com
  4. Elite's, Elites, elite's, elites: Wordnik
  5. elites: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. elites: Wiktionary
  7. elites: Dictionary.com
  8. elites: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Elites (Halo): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. elites: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. elites: Legal dictionary

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  1. elites: Encyclopedia

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  1. elites: Medical dictionary

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  1. Sociology (No longer online)

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  1. The Elites: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (elite)

adjective:  Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
adjective:  Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
noun:  A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
noun:  Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
noun:  (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
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