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What (who) is privy - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Privies; Privy (disambiguation)
Privy
·adj Secret; clandestine.
II. Privy ·noun A necessary house or place; a backhouse.
III. Privy ·adj Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
IV. Privy ·adj Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.
V. Privy ·adj Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.
VI. Privy ·noun A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.
privy
I. a.
1.
Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular.
2.
Secret, clandestine.
3.
Cognizant of acquainted with.
4.
Private, retired, sequestered.
II. n.
Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.
privy
If you are privy to something secret, you have been allowed to know about it. (FORMAL)
Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n
Wikipedia
Privy
Privy is an old-fashioned term for an outdoor toilet, often known as an outhouse and by many other names. Privy may also refer to:
- Privy council, a body that advises the head of state
- Privy mark, a small mark in the design of a coin
- Privy Purse, the British sovereign's private income
Examples of use of privy
1. Members of the privy council have to meet the Queen.
2. Those privy to his plans: two high school buddies.
3. It expressed concern and demanded a response, a senior official privy to the meeting told APP.
4. They give people the feeling that they‘re privy to the authorities‘ secrets.
5. He has been privy to how pontifical messages get distorted and magnified by a global media.