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privileged

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priv·i·leged  (prv-ljd, prvljd)
adj.
1. Enjoying a privilege or having privileges: a privileged childhood; privileged society.
2. Confined to an exclusive or chosen group of individuals: privileged information.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Privileged people considered as a group. Often used with the.

privileged
Adjective
enjoying a special right or immunity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.privileged - blessed with privileges; "the privileged few"
fortunate - having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"
rich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
underprivileged - lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society
2.privileged - not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement"
exempt - (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
3.privileged - confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
exclusive - excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"

privileged
adjective 1. special, powerful, advantaged, favoured, ruling, honoured, entitled, elite, indulged
adjective 2. confidential, special, inside, exceptional, privy, off the record, not for publication
Translations

privileged [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd] adjprivilegiado;
to be privileged to do sth → gozar del privilegio de hacer algo
privileged [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd] adjprivilégié(e);
to be privileged to do sth → avoir le privilège de faire qch
privileged [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd] privilege adjprivilegiert;
to be privileged to do sth privilege → das Privileg or die Ehre haben, etw zu tun
privileged [ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd] adjprivilegiato/a;
to be privileged to do sth → avere il privilegio or l'onore di fare qc

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Under somewhat similar circumstances, privileged people have been received as passengers, or rather as guests, in her majesty's ships--and what has been conceded on former occasions may, by bare possibility, be conceded now.
I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.
I know that young men in general do not admit of any enquiry even from their nearest relations into affairs of the heart, but I hope, my dear Reginald, that you will be superior to such as allow nothing for a father's anxiety, and think themselves privileged to refuse him their confidence and slight his advice.
 
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