favored

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adjective
  1. regarded or treated with preference or partiality: Her beauty made her the favored child.

  2. enjoying special advantages; privileged: to be born into the favored classes.

  1. of specified appearance (usually used in combination): ill-favored.

Origin of favored

1
First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red.See favor, -ed2

Other words from favored

  • fa·vored·ly, adverb
  • fa·vored·ness, noun
  • non·fa·vored, adjective
  • un·fa·vored, adjective

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