Definitions for primusˈpraɪ məs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pri•musˈpraɪ məs(adj.)

  1. (in prescriptions) first.

    Category: Pharmacology

Origin of primus:

1790–1800; < L prīmus; see prime

Princeton's WordNet

  1. primus(noun)

    the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

  2. Primus stove, Primus(noun)

    a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers

Webster Dictionary

  1. Primus(noun)

    one of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority


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