Elect and Unwashed

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Elect noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.

Usage example: the members of this all-American team are the elect of collegiate football

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Unwashed is an antonym for elect.

Nearby Words: election, elected, elective, electing, elector

Unwashed noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.

Usage example: Aunt Edna was fond of snootily reminding us that we need not take our manners from the great unwashed

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Elect is an antonym for unwashed.

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