Definition of: privy

(priv′ē) adjective
1. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction: with to: privy to the plot.
2. Archaic Removed from publicity; clandestine; secret: a privy meeting.
3. Designed for individual or private use; personal: a privy purse, privy chamber.
—noun plural priv·ies
1. One who is concerned with another in a matter affecting the interests of both: privies in contract, privies in estate.
2. A small room or outhouse for evacuation and disposal of feces. See WATERCLOSET. [<F privé <L privatus. Doublet of PRIVATE.]