Also means
fortunate
Usage Note
Privilégié agrees in gender and number: privilégiée (f), privilégiés (m pl). It is used both as an adjective (un accès privilégié — privileged access) and as a noun (les privilégiés — the privileged). In contemporary French, se sentir privilégié (to feel fortunate/privileged) carries a tone of gratitude.
Examples
"Ils vivent dans un quartier très privilégié."
Natural Translation
They live in a very privileged neighbourhood.

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