PREROGATIVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

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)