**adjective** 1. : having a right to certain benefits or privileges * After having saved the country, ain't they *entitled* to help themselves to just as much of it as they want?— Mark Twain 2. : having or showing a feeling of entitlement ([see entitlement sense 2](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitlement)) * spoiled, *entitled* children * his *entitled* attitude/behavior * leading an *entitled* life * We are also the so-called *entitled* generation, … told by helicopter parents and the media, from the moment we exited the womb, that we could be "whatever we wanted" … **First Known Use of *entitled*.** 1817, in the meaning defined at [sense 1](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitled#h1) *[Source](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitled): Merriam-Webster Online