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  PRIVATE, n.  A military gentleman with a field-marshal's baton in his
  knapsack and an impediment in his hope.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Private \Pri"vate\ (pr[imac]"v[asl]t), n.
     1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
        [Obs.] --Shak.
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     2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]
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              Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson.
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     3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] ``Go off; I discard you;
        let me enjoy my private.'' --Shak.
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     4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]
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              What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak.
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     5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a
        noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay.
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     6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.
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     In private, secretly; not openly or publicly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Private \Pri"vate\ (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the
     state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of
     privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr.
     privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward
     (hence, alone, single) and akin to prae before. See Prior,
     a., and cf. Deprive, Privy, a.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to
        an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a
        private room or apartment; private prayer.
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              Reason . . . then retires
              Into her private cell when nature rests. --Milton.
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     3. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or
        employment; as, a private citizen; private life. --Shak.
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              A private person may arrest a felon.  --Blackstone.
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     4. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private
        negotiation; a private understanding.
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     5. Having secret or private knowledge; privy. [Obs.]
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     Private act or Private statute, a statute exclusively for
        the settlement of private and personal interests, of which
        courts do not take judicial notice; -- opposed to a
        general law, which operates on the whole community. In
        the United States Congress, similar private acts are
        referred to as private law and a general law as a
        public law.
  
     Private nuisance or wrong. See Nuisance.
  
     Private soldier. See Private, n., 5.
  
     Private way, a right of private passage over another man's
        ground; also, a road on private land, contrasted with
        public road, which is on a public right of way. --Kent.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Private \Pri"vate\ (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the
     state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of
     privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr.
     privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward
     (hence, alone, single) and akin to prae before. See Prior,
     a., and cf. Deprive, Privy, a.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to
        an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a
        private room or apartment; private prayer.
  
              Reason . . . then retires Into her private cell when
              nature rests.                         --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Private \Pri"vate\, n.
     1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
        [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     2. Personal interest; particular business.[Obs.]
  
              Nor must I be unmindful of my private. --B. Jonson.
  
     3. Privacy; retirement. [Archaic] ``Go off; I discard you;
        let me enjoy my private.'' --Shak.
  
     4. One not invested with a public office. [Archaic]
  
              What have kings, that privates have not too? --Shak.
  
     5. (Mil.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a
        noncommissioned officer. --Macaulay.
  
     6. pl. The private parts; the genitals.
  
     In private, secretly; not openly or publicly.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  private
       adj 1: 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" [ant: public]
       2: concerning things deeply private and personal; "private
          correspondence"; "private family matters"
       3: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual
          cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a)]
       4: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret]
       n : an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a
           private and knew nothing of value" [syn: buck private,
           common soldier]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ιδιαίτερος, ιδιωτικός ανήκει ή για χρήση συγκεκριμένου ατόμου ή
  ομάδας, όχι για δημόσια χρήση
     2 ιδιαίτερος, προορίζεται για ένα συγκεκριμένο άτομο ή ομάδα
  ανθρώπων, όχι για να το γνωρίζουν οι άνθρωποι γενικά
     3 ιδιαίτερος, που δεν θέλετε να το ξέρουν οι άλλοι
     4 ιδιωτικός, ανήκει σε μεμονωμένο πρόσωπο ή σε ανεξάρτητη εταιρεία
  και όχι στο κράτος
     5 (''μόνο πριν από το ουσιαστικό'') ιδιωτικός, δουλεύω για τον εαυτό
  μου και όχι για το κράτος ή μια εταιρεία
     6 ιδιωτικός, που δεν έχει επίσημο χαρακτήρα, που τον κάνει κάποιος ως
  ιδιώτης
     7 (ετ αντπρο en) οντότητα (μεταβλητή, μέθοδος, κλπ.) που έχει ορισθεί
  μέσα σε κλάση και είναι προσβάσιμη μόνο μέσα από την κλάση
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο απλός στρατιώτης, που δεν έχει κάποιον βαθμό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Esperanto adv.
     privately
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: privat)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la prīvō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn privat  def s)
     2 (plural of nn privat)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv privat  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Private
     n.
     (lb en military) (alt case en private)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     a.
     Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person
  or a specific group.
     n.
     1 A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
     2 A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health
  care.
     vb.
     (lb en internet transitive) To make something hidden from the public
  (without deleting it permanently).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Private
     n.
     (lb en military) (alt case en private)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Esperanto adv.
     privately
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: privat)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la prīvō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn privat  def s)
     2 (plural of nn privat)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv privat  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Private
     n.
     (lb en military) (alt case en private)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Esperanto adv.
     privately
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: privat)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la prīvō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Norwegian Nynorsk a.
     1 (inflection of nn privat  def s)
     2 (plural of nn privat)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv privat  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Private
     n.
     (lb en military) (alt case en private)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Englanti a.
     yksityinen
     Englanti n.
     1 sotamies
     2 (monikollinen) sukuelimet

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  private
     Tyska a.
     (böjning de adj privat)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  private /pɹˈaɪvət/
  1. privaat, privaat‐
  2. ampteloos

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Private /pɹˈaɪvət/
  خاصّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  private //ˈpɹaɪ.vət// //ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt// 
  1. ча́стен
  belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group
  2. частен
  not accessible by the public
  3. неофициален
  not in governmental office or employment
  4. конфиденциален
  not publicly known; not open; secret
  5. уединен
  protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  private //ˈpɹaɪ.vət// //ˈpɹaɪ.vɪt// 
  1. слабини
  euphemisms for genitals
  2. редник
  soldier