primero

[ pri-mair-oh ]

/ prɪˈmɛər oʊ /

noun

a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Nearby words

prime the pump, prime time, prime vertical, primely, primer, primero, primers, primeval, primigravida, primine, priming

Origin of primero

1525–35; < Spanish: literally, first < Latin prīmārius primary

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Examples from the Web for primero

Entienda primero, y habla postrero—Hear first and speak afterwards.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
And now there had come into Suffolk a rumour that Mr. Primero was to have a peerage.
The Way We Live Now|Anthony Trollope
Juttuyuhuas es adelante primero; y el otro es a riguroso ordinal numeral, primero.
A Vocabulary or Phrase Book of the Mutsun Language, Spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California|Father Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta
Primero, whom Mr. Longestaffe regarded as quite an upstart, and anything but a gentleman, owed no man anything.
The Way We Live Now|Anthony Trollope

The games at which Henry played appear to be Primero and Imperial.
The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII|Nicholas Harris Nicolas

British Dictionary definitions for primero

primero

/ (prɪˈmɛərəʊ) /

noun

mainly British a 16th- and 17th-century card game

Word Origin for primero

C16: from Spanish primera card game, from primero first, from Latin prīmārius chief

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