privilegedPronunciation: /ˈprɪvəlɪʤd/Translate privileged | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of privileged adjective 1having special rights, advantages, or immunities:in the nineteenth century only a privileged few had the vote [with infinitive] having been granted a special honour:I felt I had been privileged to compete in such a race 2(of information) legally protected from being made public: he accused me of giving away privileged information the ombudsman’s reports are privilegedprivileged in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of privileged in the US English dictionary