privileged
belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
entitled to or exercising a privilege.
restricted to a select group or individual: privileged information; a privileged position.
Law. (of utterances or communications)
not rendering the person making them liable to prosecution for libel or slander, in view of the attendant circumstances.
not requiring any testimony concerning them to be presented in court.
Navigation. (of a vessel) having the right of way.
Origin of privileged
1Other words from privileged
- non·priv·i·leged, adjective
- qua·si-priv·i·leged, adjective
- un·priv·i·leged, adjective
- Compare burdened.
Words Nearby privileged
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How to use privileged in a sentence
“Sweden is one of the most medically privileged and healthcare privileged nations on the planet,” Vermund says.
Herd immunity alone won’t stop COVID-19. Here’s why. | Kate Baggaley | September 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceKaguya knows her elevated status is what her parents dreamed of for her, so that she could live the privileged life they never had.
The presumption of innocence, once seen as a liberal conceit aimed at protecting the oppressed, is ridiculed as justification to guard the racially privileged.
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“My experience was very ordinary, but very privileged,” she said.
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Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonBacon's Rebellion is remembered in history primarily as a revolt of the plain, common man against a privileged few.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyBut a woman is not, I believe, considered as privileged to know any thing by these commercial personages.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamStatements rendered by mercantile or collection agencies to inquirers for business purposes are clearly privileged.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesEvery member and every servant of the Company was to be privileged against impressment and arrest.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for privileged
/ (ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) /
enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges
law
not actionable as a libel or slander
(of a communication, document, etc) that a witness cannot be compelled to divulge
nautical (of a vessel) having the right of way
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