primero

(pri merō)

noun

a card game popular in the 16th and 17th centuries

Origin: Sp primera, fem. of primero, first < L primarius: see primary

See primero in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A gambling card game, popular in Elizabethan England.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Spanish primera

Origin: , feminine of primero, first

Origin: , from Latin prīmārius, principal

Origin: , from prīmus, first; see Prime 

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