The definition of a primate is the highest-ranking bishop of a province, or a mammal that normally has hands, hand-like feet and that may be a tree-dweller.
(noun)See primate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: ME primat < OFr < LL primas (gen. primatis), of the first, chief < L primus, first: see prime
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Origin: From New Latin Prīmātēs, order name
Origin: , from Latin prīmātēs
Origin: , pl. of prīmās, principal, of first rank
Origin: , from prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots
Origin: . Sense 2, from Middle English primat
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin prīmās, prīmāt-
Origin: , from Latin
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