primate

pri·mate  (prmt, -mt)

n.

1. (prmt) A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.

2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.

---

[From New Latin Prmts, order name, from Latin prmts, pl. of prms, principal, of first rank, from prmus, first; see per¹ in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prms, prmt-, from Latin.]

---

pri·matial (-mshl) adj.

---

primate¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any placental mammal of the order Primates, typically having flexible hands and feet with opposable first digits, good eyesight, and, in the higher apes, a highly developed brain: includes lemurs, lorises, monkeys, apes, and man

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Primates

[from New Latin primates, plural of prīmās principal, from prīmus first]

primatial  [praɪˈmeɪʃəl] adj

---

primate²

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another name for archbishop

(Christianity / Anglicanism)

Primate of all England the Archbishop of Canterbury

(Christianity / Anglicanism)

Primate of England the Archbishop of York

[from Old French, from Latin prīmās principal, from prīmus first]

---

primate  (prmt)

Any of various mammals of the order Primates, having a highly developed brain, eyes facing forward, a shortened nose and muzzle, and opposable thumbs. Primates usually live in groups with complex social systems, and their high intelligence allows them to adapt their behavior successfully to different environments. Lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans are primates.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	primate - a senior clergyman and dignitary     archpriest, prelate, hierarch, high priest priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
	2.	primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials order Primates, Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings simian - an ape or monkey ape - any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all anthropoid - any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids hominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea hominid - a primate of the family Hominidae monkey - any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) prosimian - primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits lemur - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails tarsier - nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates

---

primate

noun see monkeys, apes and other primates

Translations

primate [ˈpraɪmeɪt] N

1. (Zool) → primate m

2. (Rel) → primado m

---

primate [ˈpraɪmeɪt] n

(= animal) → primate m

[ˈpraɪmət] (= priest) → primat m

---

primate

n

(Zool) → Primat m

(Eccl) → Primas m; Primate of England/all England → Erzbischof von York/Canterbury

---

primate [ɐsense a ˈpraɪmeɪt, ɐsense b ˈpraɪmɪt] n

a. (Zool) → primate m

b. (Rel) → primate m

---

primate [ɐsense a ˈpraɪmeɪt, ɐsense b ˈpraɪmɪt] n

a. (Zool) → primate m

b. (Rel) → primate m

---

primate¹

n primate [ˈpraimeit]

an archbishop. aartsbiskop رَئيس أساقِفَه архиепископ arcibiskup ærkebiskop der Primas αρχιεπίσκοπος primado peapiiskop اسقف اعظم arkkipiispa primat אַרכִיבִישוֹף धर्माधिपति prímás (egyházi) uskup agung erkibiskup primate 大司教 대주교 arkivyskupas arhibīskaps ketua biskop primaat erkebiskop prymas primaz arhi­episcop примас arcibiskup nadškof arhiepiskop primas, ärkebiskop หัวหน้าของบิชอพ başpiskopos 大主教 архієпископ لاٹ پادري tổng giám mục 大主教

---

primate²

n primate [ˈpraimət]

a member of the highest order of mammals, ie man, monkeys, apes, lemurs. primaat رَئيسيّات: أعلى درجة من الثَّدْيِيّات примат primát primat; pattedyr die Primaten (pl.) πρωτεύον θηλαστικό primate esikloomaline نخستی kädellinen primate סִדרַת “הַעֶליונִים” विकसित पशु वर्ग főemlős primata prímati, fremdardÿr primate 霊長類 영장류 primatas primāts primat primaat primat naczelny primata primat примат primát primat primat primat สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม primat, başparmaklı 靈長目類動物 примат دودھ پلانے والے بڑے حيوانات کا فرد thành viên của bộ động vật có vú phát triển nhất 灵长目类动物