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Primate

Primate Meaning & Definition
Primate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Primate?

[n] any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
[n] a senior clergyman

Synonyms | Synonyms for Primate: archpriest | hierarch | high priest | prelate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Primate:

See Also | anthropoid | ape | Armand Jean du Plessis | Cardinal Newman | Cardinal Richelieu | clergyman | Desmond Tutu | Duc de Richelieu | eutherian | eutherian mammal | Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros | hominid | hominoid | Inge | James Usher | James Ussher | Jimenez de Cisneros | John Henry Newman | lemur | man of the cloth | monkey | Newman | order Primates | placental | placental mammal | Primates | prosimian | reverend | Richelieu | simian | Stefan Wyszynski | tarsier | the Gloomy Dean | Tutu | Usher | Ussher | William of Wykeham | William Ralph Inge | Wykeham | Wyszynski

Primate In Webster's Dictionary

\Pri"mate\, n. [OE. primat, F. primat, L. primas, -atis one of the first, chief, fr. primus the first. See {Prime}, a.] 1. The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Primates.

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