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English noun: primate

1. primate (person) a senior clergyman and dignitary


Synonymsarchpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate


Broader (hypernym)priest


Instance hyponymArmand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Newman, Cardinal Richelieu, Desmond Tutu, Duc de Richelieu, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, Gloomy Dean, Inge, James Usher, James Ussher, Jimenez de Cisneros, John Henry Newman, Newman, Richelieu, Stefan Wyszynski, Tutu, Usher, Ussher, William of Wykeham, William Ralph Inge, Wykeham, Wyszynski

2. primate (animal) any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet


Broader (hypernym)eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal


Narrower (hyponym)anthropoid, ape, hominid, hominoid, lemur, monkey, prosimian, simian, tarsier


Member meronymorder Primates, Primates









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