Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Primate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
primate
n 1: a senior clergyman [syn: {archpriest}, {hierarch}, {high
priest}, {prelate}]
2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good
eyesight and flexible hands and feet
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