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1. (adj.) privy
participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usu. fol. by to):
Many people were privy to the plot.
2. privy
private; assigned to private uses.
3. privy
belonging or pertaining to some particular person, esp. a sovereign.
4. privy
secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded.
5. privy
acting or done in secret.
6. (n.) privy
Law. a person who participates directly in or has an interest in a legal transaction.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME prive < OF: private (adj.), close friend, private place (n.) < L prīvātusprivate)
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1. (noun) toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
2. (adj) outhouse, privy, earth-closet, jakes
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
3. (adj) privy, secluded, secret
hidden from general view or use
"a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
4. (adj) privy(p)
(followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known
"privy to the details of the conspiracy"
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1. (adj) privy
of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse
2. (adj) privy
secret; clandestine
3. (adj) privy
appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public
4. (adj) privy
admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing
5. (noun) privy
a partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party
6. (noun) privy
a necessary house or place; a backhouse
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Sense: a group of statesmen appointed as advisers to a king or queen.
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 Afrikaans: geheime raad |
 Arabic: خاص، سِرّي، مُطَّلِع على |
 Bulgarian: личен съвет на монарх |
 Brazilian: conselho privado |
 Czech: tajná rada |
 German: Geheimer Staatsrat |
 Danish: rådgivergruppe |
 Greek: ανακτοβούλιο |
 Spanish: consejo privado |
 Estonian: riiginõukogu |
 Farsi: گروه مشاوران ویژه |
 Finnish: Valtakunnanneuvosto |
 French: conseil privé |
 Hebrew: מוֹעֶצת הַמֶלֶך |
 Hindi: राजा या रानी के सलाहकार क |
 Hungarian: királyi államtanács |
 Indonesian: penasihat |
 Icelandic: einka-; hópur persónulegr |
 Italian: consiglio privato |
 Japanese: 枢密院 |
 Korean: 추밀원 |
 Lithuanian: slaptoji taryba |
 Latvian: slepenā padome |
 Malay: bersubahat |
 Dutch: geheime raad |
 Norwegian: politisk råd |
 Polish: rada stanu |
 Persian: گروه مشاوران ویژه |
 Pashto: د خاصو مشوره وركونكو ډله |
 Portuguese: conselho privado |
 Romanian: consiliu de coroană |
 Russian: тайный совет |
 Slovak: tajná rada |
 Slovenian: državni svet |
 Serbian: grupa savetnika |
 Swedish: invigd, delaktig: riksråd |
 Thai: สภาองคมนตรี |
 Turkish: danışmanlar kurulu |
 Taiwanese: 英國樞密院 |
 Ukrainian: таємна рада |
 Urdu: مدبرين کي جماعت جو کسي حک |
 Vietnamese: hội đồng cơ mật |
 Chinese: 英国枢密院 |
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