verb
- a past participle of choose.
adjective
- selected from several; preferred: my chosen profession.
- Theology. elect(def 9).
noun
- elect.
verb
- the past participle of choose
adjective
- selected or picked out, esp for some special quality
noun
- the official name for Korea when it was a Japanese province (1910–45)
n.“the elect, the select,” especially those selected by God, c.1200, from past participle of choose (v.). Chosen people for “the Jews” is recorded from 1530s.