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privileged. adjective. /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/. /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/. (sometimes disapproving) having special rights or advantages that most people do not have. Those in authority were in a privileged position. She comes from a privileged background. In those days, only a privileged few had the vote.
to give an advantage to one person or group of people and not to others: Since colonization, the country has a history of privileging people who have white skin. Family endowments were nearly all male-centric, privileging men and their descendants over female lines of descent.
privileged. ( ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) adj. 1. enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges. 2. (Law) law. a. not actionable as a libel or slander. b. (of a communication, document, etc) that a witness cannot be compelled to divulge. 3. (Nautical Terms) nautical (of a vessel) having the right of way.
