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Definitions for Primate
[1] Ecclesiastical . an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
[2] any of various omnivorous mammals of the order Primates, comprising the three suborders Anthropoidea (humans, great apes, gibbons, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys), Prosimii (lemurs, loris, and their allies), and Tarsioidea (tarsiers), especially distinguished by the use of hands, varied locomotion, and by complex flexible behavior involving a high level of social interaction and cultural adaptability.
[3] Archaic . a chief or leader.
[4] any placental mammal of the order Primates, typically having flexible hands and feet with opposable first digits, good eyesight, and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises, monkeys, apes, and man
[5] of, relating to, or belonging to the order Primates
[6] another name for archbishop
[7] Primate of all England the Archbishop of Canterbury
[8] Primate of England the Archbishop of York
Words related to Primate
hominoid, monkey, human, man, anthropoid, ape, orangutan, gibbon, chimpanzee, gorilla, metropolitan, patriarch, priest, cardinal, bishop, suffragan, archpriest, mammal, baboon, lemur
Words nearby Primate
primary verb, primary wall, primary wave, primary xylem, primarying, primate, primate of all england, primate of england, primates, primateship, primatology
Origin of Primate
1175–1225; Middle English primat dignitary, religious leader < Late Latin prīmāt- (stem of prīmās ), noun use of Latin prīmās of first rank, derivative of prīmus first (see prime); (def 2) taken as singular of New Latin Primates Primates, as if ending in -ate1
Other words from Primate
pri·ma·tal , adjective, noun
pri·ma·tial [prahy-mey -shuh l] /praɪˈmeɪ ʃəl/ , pri·mat·i·cal [prahy-mat -i-kuh l] /praɪˈmæt ɪ kəl/ , adjective
pri•ma′ tial (-mā′ shəl ) adj.
Word origin for Primate
C13: from Old French, from Latin prīmās principal, from prīmus first
Synonyms for Primate
anthropoid, ape, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, hominoid, human, man, monkey, orangutan, brachiator, cercopithecoid, great ape