facile princeps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of facile princeps
literally: easily first
Example Sentences
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As a soldier and statesman he was facile princeps.
From The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Fraser, Alexander
The Clyde stands facile princeps in this most important branch of industry.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
In that article it is easy to recognise the Roman hand of the facile princeps among living comparative anatomists.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam
But wouldn't Professor Rogers, facile princeps in physics, rub his nose, and look in wonder, to see peripatetic motion induced without a sign of a fulcrum for the lever of life to rest upon?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
Among the media of our day, Home is naturally facile princeps.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
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