privileged

[ priv-uh-lijd, priv-lijd ]
/ ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒd, ˈprɪv lɪdʒd /

adjective

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)
  1. not rendering the person making them liable to prosecution for libel or slander, in view of the attendant circumstances.
  2. not requiring any testimony concerning them to be presented in court.
Navigation. (of a vessel) having the right of way.
Compare burdened.

Origin of privileged

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at privilege, -ed2, -ed3

OTHER WORDS FROM privileged

non·priv·i·leged, adjective qua·si-priv·i·leged, adjective un·priv·i·leged, adjective

Words nearby privileged

privatization issue, privatize, privet, privet hawk, privilege, privileged, privileged altar, privileged site, privily, privity, privy

Example sentences from the Web for non-privileged

  • The privileged classes must be ordained by Nature to rule over the non-privileged.

    Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) |John Morley

  • For the non-privileged classes the knout or the lash supplemented nearly all punishments of a criminal kind.

    Russia |Donald Mackenzie Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for non-privileged

privileged
/ (ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd) /

adjective

enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges
law
  1. not actionable as a libel or slander
  2. (of a communication, document, etc) that a witness cannot be compelled to divulge
nautical (of a vessel) having the right of way