Privy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈprɪvɪ|
Brit.
|ˈprɪvɪ|
noun
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets (syn: bathroom, can, john, lavatory, toilet)
- a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate (syn: outhouse)
- a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate (syn: outhouse)
adjective
- hidden from general view or use (syn: secluded, secret)
a privy place to rest and think
- (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally knownprivy to the details of the conspiracy
Extra examples
...privy information on the current state of the peace negotiations...
...privy meetings between high-level representatives from both sides for the purpose of bringing about an armistice...
Only top members of the Cabinet were privy to secret information.
Privy Council
... there were no secrets in the little village to which he was not privy.
Colby was privy to the committee's decisions.
Privy Seal
The Prime Minister recommends new members of the Privy Council to the Sovereign.
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