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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIMUS

Pri "mus, n. Etym: [L., the first. ]

 

Defn: 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. Internat. Cyc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Primus

Primus |ˈprʌɪməs | noun trademark a brand of portable cooking stove that burns vaporized oil.

 

primus

primus |ˈprʌɪməs | noun the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church, elected by the bishops from among their number. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, literally first .

 

primus inter pares

pri mus in ter pa res |ˈprīməs ˌintər ˈparˌēz ˌpraɪməs ˌɪntər ˈpeɪˌriz | noun a first among equals; the senior or representative member of a group. ORIGIN Latin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Primus

Primus |ˈprʌɪməs | noun trademark a brand of portable cooking stove that burns vaporized oil.

 

primus

primus |ˈprʌɪməs | noun the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church, elected by the bishops from among their number. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, literally first .

 

primus inter pares

primus inter pares |ˌpriːməs ɪntə ˈpɑːriːz, ˌprʌɪməs | noun a first among equals; the senior or representative member of a group. ORIGIN Latin.

 

Duden Dictionary

Primus inter Pares

Pri mus in ter Pa res Substantiv, maskulin bildungssprachlich , der |Pr i mus i nter P a res - - …reːs |der Primus inter Pares; Primus inter Pares, Primi inter Pares lateinisch primus inter pares, zu: par = gleich der Erste von mehreren im Rang auf der gleichen Stufe stehenden Personen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Primus

Pri mus /práɪməs /名詞 C ⦅英商標 ⦆プリマスストーブ (Primus stove ) 〘アウトドア用の小型調理コンロ 〙.