e·lite or é·lite (-lt, -lt) n. pl. elite or e·lites 1. a. A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status: "In addition to notions of social equality there was much emphasis on the role of elites and of heroes within them" (Times Literary Supplement). b. The best or most skilled members of a group: the football team's elite. This CD is a display of an Artist from Memphis known as Archangel in his best form by means of M.U.S.I.C.