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PRIMUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers

Synonyms:

Primus; Primus stove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Primus" is a kind of...):

cooking stove; kitchen range; kitchen stove; range; stove (a kitchen appliance used for cooking food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("primus" is a kind of...):

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Credits