landed elite
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflandedandelite
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landed
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈlæn.dɪd/us/ˈlæn.dɪd/
used to refer to people whose families have owned a lot of land for many generations (= family ...
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/iˈliːt/us/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition oflandedandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflanded elite
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At the top of the spectrum sat thelandedelite.
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At the same time thelandedelitestarted to question its own commitment to democracy.
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Just below thelandedeliteon the social scale sat the substantial farmers, a very small group in this rather difficult agrarian environment.
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The author demonstrates that the state and the political class were not an instrument of thelandedelite, as has often been assumed.
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Just as science itself was considered a marginal activity by the establishedlandedelite, so those who pursued it were also 'marginal men'.
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Far from being greedy cormorants exploiting the tenants on their extensive estates, the upper clergy worked with the grain of local opinion, especially among thelandedelite.
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These emergent power holders displaced the pre-warlandedelite, whose power was based on the control of the means of production and personal patron-client relationships with state authorities.
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It will set perhaps the new set of managers and farmers—the newlandedelitefrom the cities and their agents—against the traditional ones.
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Thelandedelitereplaced this crop with a newly demanded product, coffee.
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The president, selected from thelandedelite, was also granted significant power throughout.
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The reforms failed, thanks to opposition from thelandedelite, reinforcing the widespread discontent with the government.
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