advantaged

advantaged
/ad van"tijd, -vahn"-/, adj.
1. having greater resources or better skills, education, facilities, etc.: She is more advantaged than her cousin.
2. having sufficient or abundant income, natural resources, etc.; affluent: the advantaged nations.
n.
3. (used with a pl. v.) advantaged people collectively (usually prec. by the): a luxury cruise that only the advantaged could afford.
[1595-1605; ADVANTAGE + -ED3]

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