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primate Tweet Definition of primate Like Definition of primate on Facebook
noun 
  1. (ecclesiastical) In the Western Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of a province.
  2. A mammal of the order Primates, including lemurs, monkeys, apes and humans.
Translations: 
  • French: primat
    (trans-mid)
  • German: Primat
    (trans-mid)
Etymology: From Old (and modern) French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primus "prime, first rank".

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