Definition of 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.
- a. - Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to
an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room
or apartment; private prayer.
- a. - Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or
employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
- a. - Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private
negotiation; a private understanding.
- a. - Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
- n. - A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
- n. - Personal interest; particular business.
- n. - Privacy; retirement.
- n. - One not invested with a public office.
- n. - A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a
noncommissioned officer.
- n. - The private parts; the genitals.