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primus inter pares

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The first among equals.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Latin phrase, meaning ‘first among equals.’

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin prīmus inter parēs : prīmus, first + inter, among + parēs, pl. of pār, equal.]

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