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primus inter pares

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

noun

Latin.
plural primi inter pares
  1. (of males) first among equals.


primus inter pares

/ ˈpraɪməs ɪntə ˈpɑːrɪz /

(no translation)

  1. first among equals
“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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Hadi Matar, U.S.-born and of Lebanese ancestry, was also sympathetic to Hezbollah, the primus inter pares of all proxy groups in the IRGC’s network.

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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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Sean Hannity, the primus inter pares of the Trump mouthpieces at Fox, dismissed Stephanopoulos as “Little Georgie,” Erik Wemple, the Washington Post’s press critic, noted.

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But in the past few years his rating has drifted, and although he dominates rapid and blitz chess it seems that in the classical version he has become like Botvinnik in his later years, only primus inter pares.

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All that will count is that — like the Ajax Amsterdam of Johan Cruyff, the Bayern Munich of Franz Beckenbauer and the primus inter pares, the Real Madrid of Alfredo Di Stéfano — this Real Madrid vintage has done what only those select few have ever managed, and won the European Cup for three years in a row.

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