primus inter pares

[pree-moos in-ter pah-res, prahy-muhs in-ter pair-eez, pree-]

noun

Latin.

plural

primi inter pares 

1. (of males) first among equals.

primus inter pares

/ ˈpraɪməs ɪntə ˈpɑːrɪz /

1. first among equals

Example Sentences

When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

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Hadi Matar, U.S.-born and of Lebanese ancestry, was also sympathetic to Hezbollah, the primus inter pares of all proxy groups in the IRGC’s network.

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The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

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Sean Hannity, the primus inter pares of the Trump mouthpieces at Fox, dismissed Stephanopoulos as “Little Georgie,” Erik Wemple, the Washington Post’s press critic, noted.

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But in the past few years his rating has drifted, and although he dominates rapid and blitz chess it seems that in the classical version he has become like Botvinnik in his later years, only primus inter pares.

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