'Elf-friends', name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2

Elendili is a Quenya word meaning "Elf-friends". It was coined by Dúnedain of Númenor, who mistook elen "star" for Elda "Elf".