Category:Exclusive

Ex*clu"sive a. Etym: [Cf. F. exclusif.]

1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

exclusive Ex*clu"sive, n.

Defn: One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.