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adj
Of or relating to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin primipilaris, from primipilus (“the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion”), from primus pilus (“the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army”).
