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Definition of Privy
1. Adjective. Hidden from general view or use. "A secret garden"
2. Noun. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
Specialized synonyms: Head, Comfort Station, Convenience, Public Convenience, Public Lavatory, Public Toilet, Restroom, Toilet Facility, Wash Room, Washroom, Closet, Loo, W.c., Water Closet
Generic synonyms: Room
Terms within: Can, Commode, Crapper, Pot, Potty, Stool, Throne, Toilet
3. Adjective. (followed by 'to') informed about something secret or not generally known. "Privy to the details of the conspiracy"
4. Noun. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
Definition of Privy
1. a. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
2. n. A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.
Definition of Privy
1. Adjective. (context: now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; that is one's own. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: now rare archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed. ¹
3. Adjective. With knowledge of; party to; let in on. ¹
4. Noun. an outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house. ¹
5. Noun. (legal) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Privy
1. private [n PRIVIES] - See also: private
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privy
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