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Adjective: private prIvut- Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
"a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" - Concerning things deeply private and personal
"private correspondence"; "private family matters" - Concerning one person exclusively
"each room has a private bath"
- individual - Not expressed
"private thoughts"
- secret
Noun: private prIvut- An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
"our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
- buck private [US], common soldier, squaddie [Brit]
Derived forms: privates See also: backstage, clannish, cliquish, cloistered, close, closed-door, clubby, confidential, esoteric, head-to-head, insular, inward, nonpublic, offstage, one-on-one, personal, privately, privateness, privy, reclusive, secluded, secret, semiprivate, sequestered, snobbish, snobby, tête-à-tête, toffee-nosed [Brit] Type of: enlisted man [N. Amer] Antonym: public Encyclopedia: Private Private, 1st class |