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Which poet helped reintroduce the word elite into English through his epic poem Don Juan?

elite

[ih-leet, ay-leet] / ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit /




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By contrast, below that elite, real estate is a much more important component of wealth, while corporate equity is a smaller and smaller share.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

He also called for "all the companies" of the North's army to be "turned into a strong elite unit in military and technical aspects and consolidated into perfect combat forces".

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that elite units would be deployed to the streets—as would soldiers who usually patrol train stations and other public venues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Known as Run X, it pitches everyday runners against elite athletes.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Morgan Stanley’s elite bond traders did not spend a lot of time worrying about this.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But these figures, members of the traditional evangelical elites, do not speak for the entire community of evangelical elites.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Kaspersen describes Rachel Entrekin's historic victory at Cocodona 250, one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the world, as an "inspiration" among the elites to "dare to try".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Dubbed a "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia had exposed corruption at the highest level in the country, shining a spotlight on murky links between Malta's business and political elites.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

A similar phenomenon had followed slavery and Reconstruction, as white elites struggled to define a new racial order with the understanding that whatever the new order would be, it could not include slavery.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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