Private

1. One not invested with a public office.
2. Privacy; retirement.
3. Personal interest; particular business.
4. 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.
5. Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
6. Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
7. Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
8. A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
9. The private parts; the genitals.
10. Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
11. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.