name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Standard Lemma guide
primus
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/ˈpɹaɪməs/
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rhymes with -aɪməs
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CMU ARPABET: P R AY1 M AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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
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noun
Meaning 3
A Primus stove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Primus stove
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Broader terms: stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove
noun
Meaning 5
the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bishop
History
Etymology
From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).
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 the trademark.