Primus

See also: primus and prímus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪməs/

Etymology 1

From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).

Proper noun

Primus

1. (dated) A male given name.

Usage notes

• African-American slaves frequently had given names taken from classical Latin.

Etymology 2

From the trademark.

Noun

Primus (plural Primuses)

1. A Primus stove.
   • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 53:

     Varya walked past slowly, idly peeping into each of them. There was a vendor of Turkish delight and halvah. A haberdasher's stall. A cobbler. A whitesmith. A repairer of Primuses and oil stoves.

Anagrams

• purism