Definition of Primaries

1. Noun. (plural of primary) ¹

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Definition of Primaries

1. primary [n] - See also: primary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primaries

primaeval
primage
primages
primal
primal cut
primal horde
primal hordes
primal scene
primal scream
primal screams
primal therapy
primalities
primality
primally
primaquine
primaries (current term)
primarily
primariness
primary
primary(a)
primary alcohol
primary alcohols
primary amenorrhea
primary amine
primary amines
primary atypical pneumonia
primary care
primary care physician
primary cell
primary cell wall

Literary usage of Primaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"The power of the boss over the Machine consists, above all, in the power of managing the primaries; if he is master of them he holds the conventions in the ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"primaries broader 5. Wings of female absent.. primaries with veins 8 to 10 ... primaries with vein 8 not stalked 4. 4. Secondaries with veins 4 and 5 ..."

3. Nominations for Elective Office in the United States by Frederick William Dallinger (1897)
"tain time and place were posted and then altered, and the primaries were held at a different time and place from that stated in these notices.68 In short, ..."

4. Nominations for Elective Office in the United States by Frederick William Dallinger (1897)
"tain time and place were posted and then altered, and the primaries were held at a different time and place from that stated in these notices.58 In short, ..."

5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"primaries produced and narrow 5. primaries not produced and broad 19. 5. primaries with the inner margin produced into a triangular lobe. Normen. ..."

6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"primaries black or mostly black . . 54. RING-BILLED GULL (Im.). ... First primaries of adult Gulls, seen from below: (a) Herring Gull; (b) Rine< billed Gull ..."

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