Learned elite (8)
I believe the answer is:
literati
(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "Well-educated readers" , "scholars" , "Well-read and scholarly people" , "group of learned people" , "Learned folk" .)
I believe the answer is:
literati
(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "Well-educated readers" , "scholars" , "Well-read and scholarly people" , "group of learned people" , "Learned folk" .)