Definition of privy Privy

/pɹɪˈvi/ - [privee] - priv•y

We found 15 definitions of privy from 5 different sources.

What does privy mean?

Adjective privy, privier, priviest
privy - (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; "privy to the details of the conspiracy"
privy - hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
		secluded, secret

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privy (Noun)
An outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house .
privy (Noun)
A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
privy (Adjective)
Private, exclusive; that is one's own.
privy (Adjective)
Secret, hidden, concealed.
privy (Adjective)
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

privy (a.)
Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
privy (a.)
Secret; clandestine.
privy (a.)
Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
privy (a.)
Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.
privy (n.)
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.
privy (n.)
A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

privy
priv′i, adj. private: pertaining to one person: for private uses: secret: appropriated to retirement: admitted to the knowledge of something secret.—n. (law) a person having an interest in an action: a necessary house.—adv. Priv′ily, privately: secretly.—ns. Priv′ity, secrecy: something kept private: knowledge, shared with another, of something private or confidential: knowledge implying concurrence: relation between different interests, as, for example, in feudal tenure the interests of several persons in the same land, the mutual relationships of contractor and contractee, the relation caused by common knowledge in breaches of contract: (obs.) seclusion, intimacy; Priv′y-cham′ber, private apartment in a royal residence; Priv′y-coun′cil, the private council of a sovereign to advise in the administration of government; Priv′y-coun′cillor, a member of the privy-council; Priv′y-purse, the purse or money for the private or personal use of the sovereign; Priv′y-seal, -sig′net, the seal used by or for the king in subordinate matters, or those which are not to pass the great seal; Priv′y-ver′dict, a verdict given to a judge out of court.—Gentlemen ushers of the privy-chamber, four officials in the royal household who attend certain court ceremonies. [Fr. privé—L. privatus, private.]

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privy in sign language