Privies
adjective, privier, priviest.
1.
participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to):
Many persons were privy to the plot.
2.
private; assigned to private uses.
3.
belonging or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign.
4.
secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded.
5.
acting or done in secret.
noun, plural privies.
6.
outhouse (def 1).
7.
Law. a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction.
adjective privier, priviest
1.
(postpositive) foll by to. participating in the knowledge of something secret
2.
(archaic) secret, hidden, etc
3.
(archaic) of or relating to one person only
noun (pl) privies
4.
a lavatory, esp an outside one
5.
(law) a person in privity with another See privity (sense 1)
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