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adjective(privy)private, withdrawn
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adjective(privy)secret
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adjective(privy)belonging or relating to a person in one's individual rather than official capacity
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noun(privy)a small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate
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noun(privy)toilet
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noun(privy)a person having a legal interest of privity
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noun(privy)a secret or private council
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noun(privy)a body of officials and dignitaries chosen by the British monarch as an advisory council to the Crown usually functioning through its committees
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noun(privy)a usually appointive advisory council to an executive
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noun(privy)an allowance for the private expenses of the British sovereign
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idiom(privy)allowed to know about (something secret)
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noun(privy)the group of people chosen by the British king or queen to serve as advisers
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noun(privy)the amount of money given to the British king or queen for personal expenses