nonelite

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adjective

Not a member of the elite.

OriginEnglish elite ← Middle English elit ← Old French eslit →
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Meanings

adjectivenonelite (not comparable)

alternative non-elite

  1. not comparableNot a member of the elite.

    For the nonelite, seeing the inauguration in Washington involves standing on the Mall[…]

    2009 January 17, Gail Collins, “Imagining the Inaugural”, in New York Times
nounnonelite (plural nonelites)

plural nonelites · alternative non-elite

  1. Any group that is not an elite.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  21. Proto-Italic*legō
  22. Latinlegō
  23. Latinēligō
  24. Latinēlēctus
  25. Vulgar Latin*exlectus?
  26. Old Frencheslit
  27. Middle Englishelit
  28. Englishelite
  29. Englishnonelite

From non- + elite.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Leontine
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APA

nonelite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonelite

MLA

“nonelite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonelite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonelite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonelite.

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