Available Definitions:
1) a. - Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.
2) a. - Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer.
3) a. - Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life.
4) a. - Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.
5) a. - Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
6) n. - A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.
7) n. - Personal interest; particular business.
8) n. - Privacy; retirement.
9) n. - One not invested with a public office.
10) n. - A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer.
11) n. - The private parts; the genitals.