quasiprivileged

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.

not rendering the person making them liable to prosecution for libel or slander, in view of the attendant circumstances.

not requiring any testimony concerning them to be presented in court.

Navigation. (of a vessel) having the right of way.

Compare burdened.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see privilege, -ed², -ed³

Related forms

non·priv·i·leged, adjective

qua·si-priv·i·leged, adjective

un·priv·i·leged, adjective

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privileged (ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒd)

—*adj*
1.	enjoying or granted as a privilege or privileges
2.	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 (of a vessel) having the right of way

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privilege

1154 (recorded earlier in O.E., but as a Latin word), from O.Fr. privilege (12c.), from L. privilegium "law applying to one person," later "privilege," from privus "individual" + lex (gen. legis) "law."

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