Webster's English Dictionary

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privy

1. privy \'priv-e-\ aj [ME prive, fr. OF prive`, fr. L privatus private] 1: 
   belonging or relating to a person in his individual rather than his off 
   icial capacity 2a: WITHDRAWN, PRIVATE  2b: SECRET  3: admitted as one 
   sharing in a secret {~ to the conspiracy} 
2. privy n 1: a person having a legal interest of privity  2a: a small 
   building having a bench with holes through which the user may e vacuate and 
   usu. lacking means of automatic discharge 2b: TOILET