Definition of private

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

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Whisper :: Whisper (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
Earwig :: Earwig (v. t.) To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk..
Oppidan :: Oppidan (n.) A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.
Guardsman :: Guardsman (n.) A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards..
Adytum :: Adytum (n.) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum..
Self :: Self (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
By-corner :: By-corner (n.) A private corner.
Idio- :: Idio- () A combining form from the Greek /, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct..
Privateer :: Privateer (n.) The commander of a privateer.
Private :: Private (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer..
Unappropriate :: Unappropriate (v. t.) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly..
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..
Countersign :: Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword..
Self-interest :: Self-interest (n.) Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
Shebeen :: Shebeen (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold..
Vendetta :: Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.
Coach :: Coach (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
Soldier :: Soldier (n.) One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
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