PRIVILEGED


Meaning of PRIVILEGED in English

-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

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