Entry Word: privy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not known or meant to be known by the general populace <privy information on the state of peace negotiations> — see private 1
2 undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others <privy meetings between high-level representatives from both sides for the purpose of bringing about an armistice> — see secret 1
3 of, relating to, or belonging to a single person <a privy seal that can be used only by the British monarch> — see individual 1