entitledadj.

1817 ‘D. Hughson’ Walks through London v. 141 Prisoners who swear they are not worth five pounds in the world, are allowed the benefit of the begging grate: there are but few of these. The entitled prisoners take in rotation, each man twenty-four hours.

1869 Daily News 9 Dec. The objections of entitled opposers.

1906 Inland Printer Apr. 91/2 The quarries belong principally to the communities, and are worked by the entitled members of such communities.

1965 Irish Times 10 Mar. 8/8 The period of temporary importation for each entitled person will be limited to one month.

2010 D. Wilsey & D. D. Schwartz Musician's Guide to Licensing Music iii. 51 Any entitled party having full or partial ownership of a song's copyright..can register song titles.

1977 R. Coles Privileged Ones vi. 406 It is a matter of feeling ‘entitled’. A child who has been told repeatedly that all he or she needs to do is try hard does not feel inclined to allow himself or herself much skeptical self-examination.

1994 Denver Post 9 Aug. b6/5 It's happening in Evergreen, a once-unique mountain town, now being destroyed by a crush of..drooling developers and entitled yuppie transients.

1999 L. D. Needleman Cognitive Case Conceptualization (2009) i. 8 Sally..frequently exhibited demanding, rude, and entitled behavior.

2010 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 7/1 Families centred on children create anxious, demanding, entitled children.