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1. (n.) prerogative
an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like.
2. prerogative
a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category.
3. prerogative
a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative.
4. prerogative
Obs. precedence.
5. (adj.) prerogative
having or exercising a prerogative.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (n. use of fem. adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre -, interrogative)
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1. (noun) prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
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1. (noun) prerogative
an exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise
2. (noun) prerogative
precedence; preeminence; first rank
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Sense: a special right or privilege belonging to a person because of his rank, position etc.
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 Afrikaans: reg, mandaat |
 Arabic: إمتياز، حَق بسبب المركِز |
 Bulgarian: привилегия |
 Brazilian: prerrogativa |
 Czech: výsada |
 German: das Privilegium |
 Danish: privilegium |
 Greek: προνόμιο |
 Spanish: prerrogativa |
 Estonian: eelisõigus |
 Farsi: امتیاز |
 Finnish: etuoikeus |
 French: prérogative |
 Hebrew: זְכוּת מְיוּחֶדֶת |
 Hindi: परमाधिकार, विशेषाधिकार |
 Croatian: povlastica, pravo prednos |
 Hungarian: kiváltság |
 Indonesian: hak istimewa |
 Icelandic: forréttindi |
 Italian: prerogativa |
 Japanese: 特権 |
 Korean: 특권 |
 Lithuanian: prerogatyva |
 Latvian: prerogatīva; privilēģija |
 Malay: prerogatif |
 Dutch: voorrecht |
 Norwegian: særrett, forrett |
 Polish: prerogatywa, przywilej |
 Persian: امتیاز |
 Pashto: خاص حق |
 Portuguese: prerrogativa |
 Romanian: prerogativă |
 Russian: прерогатива |
 Slovak: výsada |
 Slovenian: posebna pravica |
 Serbian: povlastica |
 Swedish: prerogativ, privilegium |
 Thai: สิทธิพิเศษ |
 Turkish: yetki |
 Taiwanese: 特權 |
 Ukrainian: прерогатива; привілей |
 Urdu: اختيار، استحقاق |
 Vietnamese: đặc quyền |
 Chinese: 特权 |
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