leet

noun

a yearly or half-yearly court of record that the lords of certain manors held.

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French lete or Anglo-Latin leta, of unknown origin.

noun

an informal language or code used on the internet, in which standard letters are often replaced by numerals or special characters.

1. (of a person) skilled at computer programming or hacking.

   the 1337 hacker was rerouting phone calls

1990s: representing a pronunciation of elite. The form 1337 represents the conventions of leet, with 1 representing the letter L and 3 and 7 representing the letters E and T respectively.

noun

a list of candidates selected for a post.

late Middle English: probably from Old French lit(t)e, variant of liste ‘list’.