Obs. as Eng. [a. Fr. élève, f. élever to bring up.] A pupil.
The Fr. word is occas. used when Fr. subjects are spoken of: e.g., ‘He was an élève of the Ecole Normale.’
1736. Bailey, An Eleve, a pupil or scholar educated under any one.
1769. Hope, in Phil. Trans., LIX. 241, note. Mr. James Robertson is an eleve of mine.
1807. J. Hall, Trav. Scotl., I. 146. Dr. Hunter … the eleve of Lord Monboddo.
1829. Gentl. Mag., XCVII. II. 527. Their Eleves should have … an excellent classical education.
