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primus
1[ prahy-muhs ]
noun
(often initial capital letter)
plural primuses.
- 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
- (in prescriptions) first.
Primus
3[ pree-muhs ]
noun
- Pearl, 1919–1994, U.S. dancer, born in Trinidad.
Primus
1/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a portable paraffin cooking stove, used esp by campers Also calledPrimus stove
primus
2/ ˈɪə /
noun
- Scottish Episcopal Church the presiding bishop in the Synod
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Origin of primus1
from Latin: first
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The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.
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That made the king more primus inter pares than absolute monarch.
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The invitation looks like a mistaken act of over-compensation, an effort to make sure the UK, an early backmarker, reverted to its traditional position of primus inter pares, the Special One.
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The most contentious part of the ensemble was a giant primus stove with a bas-relief of the devil and his helpers.
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Wallenberg in a sense was primus inter pares, first among equals.
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