primus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
  2. noun a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers
    Primus stove.

WordNet


Pri"mus noun
Etymology
L., the first.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913