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    PREROGATIVE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)play

    Example:

    suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males

    Synonyms:

    exclusive right; perquisite; prerogative; privilege

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("prerogative" is a kind of...):

    right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prerogative"):

    easement ((law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land))

    privilege of the floor (the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session)

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