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prerogative definition

pre·roga·tive (prē räg′ə tiv, pri-)

noun

  1. a prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one peculiar to a rank, class, etc.
  2. a distinctively superior advantage
  3. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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