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}]