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advantaged, ppl. a.|ædˈvɑːntɪdʒd, -æ-|
[f. advantage v. + -ed.]
Placed at advantage; furthered, promoted; benefited, profited.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 265 The poore Mariana aduantaged, and the corrupt Deputy scaled. 1654Fuller 2 Serm. 4 Armed Power, advantaged with Policie. 1796Burke Regic. Peace Wks. 1842 II. 280 Thus advantaged, if it can at all exist, it must finally prevail. 1878Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 134 Philip as their nearest neighbour would be the most advantaged.
▸ Privileged in terms of wealth or social status. Freq. preceded by modifying adverb.
1885J. Cash in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life I. 407 This desire to bring her less advantaged neighbors nearer to her own level, to meet them on common ground, to raise them above the liability to eleemosynary charity. 1917M. K. Simkhovitch City Worker's World in Amer. iii. 46 A belief that the working class should labour for the benefit of the advantaged classes. 1971J. J. Shapiro tr. J. Habermas Toward Rational Society vi. 120 Student activists are predominantly..from economically advantaged social strata. 2002Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Sept. (School Sci. Suppl.) 17/1 Advantaged parents were more likely to contest admission decisions because they had a better education, greater financial resources, and moved in social circles which were more aware of their rights. |