-jd adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of privilegen to privilege
: having or endowed with a privilege : enjoying or honored with a privilege
open only to the privileged few
as
a. : not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance
a privileged statement
b. : having a plenary indulgence attached to a mass celebrated thereon
privileged altar
c. : having a right of conversion or bearing a stock purchase warrant — used of a bond or preferred stock
d. of a boat : having the right of way or the right to maintain a speed and course capable of causing collision with another boat if that boat maintains its speed and course — contrasted with burdened