Vocabulary : Privatdocent to Privation

Privatdocent : In the universities of Germany and some other European countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in the university government and dependent upon fees for remuneration.
Private : 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. ;; Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. ;; Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. ;; Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding. ;; Having secret or private knowledge; privy. ;; A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. ;; Personal interest; particular business. ;; Privacy; retirement. ;; One not invested with a public office. ;; A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. ;; The private parts; the genitals.
Privateer : An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque. ;; The commander of a privateer. ;; To cruise in a privateer.
Privateered : of Privateer
Privateering : of Privateer ;; Cruising in a privateer.
Privateersman : An officer or seaman of a privateer.
Privateersmen : of Privateersman
Privately : In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others. ;; In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
Privateness : Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. ;; The state of one not invested with public office.
Privation : The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. ;; The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. ;; The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
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