Definition of private

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Private (n.) One not invested with a public office.

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Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court..
Private :: Private (n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..
Whisper :: Whisper (v. t.) To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper..
Byway :: Byway (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one..
Private :: Private (n.) Personal interest; particular business.
Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..
Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Postern :: Postern (n.) Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate..
Coach :: Coach (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
Bypath :: Bypath (n.) A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
Bondholder :: Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust..
Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..
Aside :: Aside (adv.) So as to be heard by others; privately.
Subalmoner :: Subaid (v. t.) To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly..
Market :: Market (n.) A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week..
Inimical :: Inimical (a.) Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; -- chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity..
Rehearse :: Rehearse (v. t.) To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy..
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