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prerogative definition
pre·roga·tive (prē räg′ə tiv, pri-)
noun
- a prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one peculiar to a rank, class, etc.
- a distinctively superior advantage
- Obsolete priority or precedence
Etymology: ME prerogatif < MFr < L praerogativa, called upon to vote first < praerogare, to ask before < prae-, before + rogare, to ask: see rogation
adjective
of or having a prerogative
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