Re: [Cz-L]"Privatier"

I know it only as a somewhat antiquated term for private person, akin to
"Privatmann," i.e. someone without a fixed employment, and thus living
from private means. (It could, for example, imply someone who has
retired and lives from a pension or saved wealth.)

Jim Wald

On 30/05/2010 18:52, Miriam Taylor wrote:
> In the 1914 address book of Czernowitz, the occupation of many persons is
> listed as "Privatier". Does anyone know what was meant by this expression?
>
> Mimi
>
>

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