High-Men

The High-Men of Middle-Earth were those men which had been pupils and allies of the Eldar and had become heavily influenced by elven culture and were thus considered more civilized than the common Wild Men, Middle-Men or Men of Darkness.

The Edain and their númenórean descendants considered themselves High men, as did the númenórean descendants the Dúnedain of the North and Dúnedain of the South, their Gondorian and Arnorian descendants and the Black Númenóreans and their successor cultures.