high elves

The High Elves were those kindreds of Calaquendi who answered the summons and travelled to Aman and settled there or descended from them were also referred to as High Elves, or Tareldar.

It tended to be a term used by mortals, such as Men and Hobbits to distinguish the Noldorin exiles and other folk who left the Undying Lands and returned to Middle-earth from lesser Elves who had never been to Valinor