private
- Adjective. Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.
- Adjective. Not in governmental office or employment.
- Adjective. Not publicly known; not open; secret.
- Adjective. Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.
- Adjective. Intended only for the use of an individual, group, or organization.
- Adjective. Not accessible by the public.
- Adjective. Secretive; reserved.
- Adjective. (US, of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.
- Adjective. Pertaining to the genitalia.
- Noun. The lowest rank of the army.
- Noun. A soldier of the rank of private.
- Noun. (''in plural'' privates) A euphemistic term for the genitals.
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