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primate

pri.mate \'pri--.ma-t or esp for 1 -m*t\ \-.ship\ \pri--'ma--sh*l\ n [ME 
   primat, fr. OF, fr. ML primat-, primas archbishop, fr. L,] leader, fr. 
   primus often cap  1: a bishop who has precedence in a province, group of 
   provinces, or a nati on archaic  2: one first in authority or rank : LEADER 
    3: any of an order (Primates) of mammals comprising man together with the 
   a pes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers) - pri.mate.ship 
   n