gentlefolk

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gentlefolk
    n 1: people of good family and breeding and high social status

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gentlefolk \Gen"tle*folk`\, Gentlefolks \Gen"tle*folks`\, n. pl.
   Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in
   the United States in the plural form.] --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]