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primus

1

[ prahy-muhs ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)
, plural pri·mus·es.
  1. Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.


primus

2

[ prahy-muhs ]

adjective

  1. (in prescriptions) first.

Primus

3

[ pree-muhs ]

noun

  1. Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.

Primus

1

/ ˈpraɪməs /

noun

  1. a portable paraffin cooking stove, used esp by campers Also calledPrimus stove
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


primus

2

/ ˈpraɪməs /

noun

  1. Scottish Episcopal Church the presiding bishop in the Synod
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of primus1

1855–60; < Medieval Latin prīmus, noun use of Latin adj.; prime

Origin of primus2

1790–1800; < Latin prīmus; prime
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Word History and Origins

Origin of primus1

from Latin: first
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Example Sentences

He phoned Richard Primus, a law professor at the University of Michigan, to see if Primus agreed and would make the argument publicly.

From Time

As long as the United States was the economic primus inter pares, those arguments were hard to gainsay.

Primus Truber, a Lutheran minister, who gave the first edition of the Vandalie scriptures, died.

A sledging cook will often make a disagreeable faux pas by extinguishing the primus in the preparation of hoosh.

Upon the primus heater, alone, did we rely for cooking the meals on sledging journeys.

In the "Nansen Cooker," which we used, a maximum result is secured from the heat of the primus.

To light a primus in a draughty tent at a low temperature calls for some forbearance before one is a thorough master of the art.

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