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Noun: prerogative  pri'ró-gu-tiv
  1. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
    "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males";
    - privilege, perquisite, exclusive right

Derived forms: prerogatives

Type of: right

Encyclopedia: Prerogative

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