primus inter pares

[ pree-moos in-ter pah-res; English prahy-muhs in-ter pair-eez, pree- ]

noun

, Latin.

, plural pri·mi in·ter pa·res [pree, -mee , in, -ter , pah, -res, prahy, -mee , in, -ter , pair, -eez, pree, -]

1. (of males) first among equals.

primus inter pares

/ ˈpraɪməs ɪntə ˈpɑːrɪz /

(no translation)

1. first among equals

Example Sentences

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

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To be "primus inter pares" had been Cicero's ambition—to be the leading oligarch of the day.

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At the meetings of the cabinet the Prime Minister as chairman is no doubt merely primus inter pares.

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Two others were associated with him in the command; but Blake seems at least to have been recognised as primus inter pares.

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The Church is based on the one episcopacy common to all bishops, the pope being only primus inter pares.

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Each chief was supreme on his own territory, and the king was only primus inter pares.

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