Primus
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
"1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury my own grandfather, some time Bishop of Edinburgh, among its Primuses"
- 2 A Primus stove.
"Varya walked past slowly, idly peeping into each of them. There was a vendor of Turkish delight and halvah. A haberdasher's stall. A cobbler. A whitesmith. A repairer of Primuses and oil stoves."
- 3 a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers wordnet
- 4 the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland wordnet
- 1 A male given name. dated
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More examples"1884, Gonzalo Canilla, speech at the Centenary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury my own grandfather, some time Bishop of Edinburgh, among its Primuses"
Etymology
From Latin prīmus (“[the] first”); related to prior, the comparative form. Partially cognate to foremost, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Doublet of prime and primo.
From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).
From the trademark.
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