A privilege is a right or advantage gained by birth, social position, effort, or concession. It can have either legal or personal sanction: the privilege of paying half fare; the privilege of calling whenever one wishes., Privilege comes from Latin privilegium, meaning a law for just one person, and means a benefit enjoyed by an individual or group beyond what's available to others. Someone wealthy come from privilege. Someone with a library card has borrowing privileges. Privilege can also be used as a verb., Definition of privilege noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable] a special right or advantage that a particular person or group of people has. Education should be a universal right and not a privilege. You can enjoy all the benefits and privileges of club membership., If you talk about privilege, you are talking about the power and advantage that only a small group of people have, usually because of their wealth or their high social class., syn: privilege, prerogative refer to a special advantage or right possessed by an individual or group. A privilege is a right or advantage gained by birth, social position, effort, or concession., privilege, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.