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Meaning of PRIMUS

Pronunciation:  'prImus, 'prImus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers
  2. [n]  the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
 
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 Synonyms: Primus stove
 
 See Also: bishop, cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range, stove

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pri"mus\, n. [L., the first.]
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.
 

 

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