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(1):

(a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.

(2):

(a.) 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.

(3):

(a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.

(4):

(a.) Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.

(5):

(a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.

(6):

(n.) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.

(7):

(n.) Personal interest; particular business.

(8):

(n.) Privacy; retirement.

(9):

(n.) One not invested with a public office.

(10):

(n.) A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.

(11):

(n.) The private parts; the genitals.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Private'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/private.html. 1828.
 
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