private

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

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