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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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Arsenal's summer was dominated by talk of their search for an elite forward, with the left wing one of the positions identified.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

For example, the bones of a puppy estimated to have been just 6 to 8 weeks old were discovered alongside an elite craftsperson nicknamed the "Master Basketmaker."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Prior to his spell in charge of Maritimo, the 38-year-old spent five years working under Jurgen Klopp as an elite development coach at Liverpool, before joining Red Bull Salzburg as Pep Lijnders' number two.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

We’ll also get a better sense of what the future might hold for Ohtani as a two-way player, and for his potential to perform at an elite level on both sides of the ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

She wished success for the young aviators and told them she hoped they’d earn the honorable name of “Guards” for their regiment—a special title awarded to elite military units.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Votive deposits in Scandinavian wetlands were ways for local elites to mark their status, appease the gods and demarcate territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Europeans, and especially Western Europe's leadership elites, have succumbed to a decades-long "crisis of disbelief", argues Andrew Michta, a Polish-born American academic who is professor of strategic studies at the Hamilton School, University of Florida.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

What I found is that this is not just a protest of one project in one area by one couple of American elites.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

China consisted then of kingdoms with rich elites and poorer commoners, living in walled towns, and on the verge of political unification to become the world’s largest empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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