Exclusive/Ex*clu"sive/,n.Oneofacoteriewhoexcludeothers;onewh
ectfew. '()() Exclusive/Ex*clu"sive/a.[Cf.F.exclusif.]1.Havi
ofromrealofaffectedfastidiousnesslimitshisacquaintancetoasel
kingintotheaccount;excludingfromconsideration;--opposedtoinc
jective;"judgingacontestwithasingleeye";"asingledevotiontodu
ty";"undividedaffection";"gainedtheirexclusiveattention"[syn
ngthepowerofpreventingentrance;debarringfromparticipationore
lusive;as,fivethousandtroops,exclusiveofartillery. ().() exc
ive}]3:notdividedamongorbroughttobearonmorethanoneobjectorob
nenewsorganization;"hegotascooponthebriberyofcityofficials"[
ivebars;exclusiveprivilege;exclusivecirclesofsociety.2.Notta
lusiveadj1:notdividedorsharedwithothers;"theyhaveexclusiveus
eofthemachine";"solerightsofpublication"[syn:{sole(a)}]2:exc
ludingmuchorall;especiallyallbutaparticulargrouporminority;"
njoyment;possessedandenjoyedtotheexclusionofothers;as,exclus
exclusiveclubs";"anexclusiverestaurantsandshops"[ant:{inclus
:{single(a)},{undivided}]n:anewsreportthatisreportedfirstbyo
syn:{scoop}]
 
Proprietary \Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\,
a. [L. proprietarius.] Belonging, or pertaining,
to a proprietor; considered as property; owned;
as, proprietary medicine.
 
{Proprietary articles},
manufactured articles which some person or persons
have exclusive right to make and sell.
--U.S. Statutes.