Word Meaning

Meaning of "private" and the crossword clue

- Army recruit
- Confidential
- Ed after wayward American conscript
- In secret, primate reduced a thousand to five
- Intimate
- Not a public defender?
- Of a personal nature
- Personal
- Soldier
- Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
- Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
- Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
- Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
- Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
- A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
- Personal interest; particular business.
- Privacy; retirement.
- One not invested with a public office.
- A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
- The private parts; the genitals.