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Definition of "privileged" []

  • Enjoying a privilege or having privileges: a privileged childhood; privileged society. (adjective)
  • Confined to an exclusive or chosen group of individuals: privileged information. (adjective)
  • Privileged people considered as a group. Often used with the. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "privileged" in a sentence
  • "I use the word "privileged" to refer to a world I feel privileged to see through the eyes of an author who translates the past and brings it to light by appreciating it as a living, breathing thing."
  • "I do think the concept of exclusivity for the privileged is an interesting one, though."
  • "The defense wants the prosecution sanctioned for intercepting what they called privileged phone calls with his attorney."