variants:
or semi-private
Definition of semiprivate
1a
: having some private and some public features
a semiprivate company
b
: private with some availability to the public
a semiprivate golf course
c
: providing some but not complete privacy
a semiprivate cubicle
2a
: accommodating usually two or three patients
a semiprivate hospital room outpatients monitored in semiprivate postoperative rooms
b
: staying or recovering in a room accommodating usually two or three patients
semiprivate inpatients
— compare private sense 1e
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The first known use of semiprivate was in 1840
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