hoi polloi

noun[plural only]2

1. •
   The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)

   • The clientele is a select species of hoi polloi, intermixed with writers, painters and politicos and the more sophisticated American tourists. — 1942
2. •
   (nonstandard) The elite.

   • "You gotta have references from the hoi polloi or else the MacDonalds won't give you the time of day. You don't happen to know the Queen, do you?" — 1992