İngilizce dilinde "privy" tanımı

adjective

1. (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

   • The king retreated to his privy chamber.
   • the privy purse

2. (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.

3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

   • He was privy to the discussions.

noun

1. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).

2. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.

3. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

   • Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...

4. (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.