preprimary

[ pree-prahy-mer-ee, -muh-ree ]

adjective

, Politics.

1. preceding a primary election:

   preprimary endorsement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of preprimary¹

pre- + primary

Example Sentences

Lujan Grisham applied for the restraining order after Riley Del Rey disrupted her speeches at the recent state Democratic Party’s preprimary convention and another event.

From Washington Times

Lujan Grisham applied for the restraining order after Riley Del Rey disrupted her speeches at the recent state Democratic Party’s preprimary convention and another event.

From Seattle Times

Moreover, Trump received 34 percent of all the GOP preprimary coverage, nearly twice as much as the next aspirant on the list, again Jeb Bush.

From Salon

Or so says Harvard political scientist Thomas Patterson, who conducted a recent study of the precaucus, preprimary political coverage in eight major newspapers, cable stations and TV networks.

From Salon

I put myself in his shoes, and I feel like I’m sure he doesn’t really want to use hard numbers at a time when nobody’s voted and you have these preprimary polls.

From Slate