Bet″ter, n. 1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; — usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy.
2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; — usually in the plural.
Their betters would hardly be found.
Hooker.
For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. “If I have altered him anywhere for the better.” Dryden.