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nounDefinition of PRIVATE
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archaic : one not in public office
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obsolete : privacy
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plural : private parts
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a : a person of low rank in various organizations (as a police or fire department) b : an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the marine corps or of one of the two lowest ranks in the army
— in private
: not openly or in public
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15th century
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