Synonyms for primer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prim-er or, esp. British, prahy-mer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪm ər or, esp. British, ˈpraɪ mər |
Définition of primer
Origin :- late 14c., "prayer-book," also "school book" (senses not distinguished in Middle Ages, as reading was taught from prayer books), from Medieval Latin primarius, from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). The word also might be all or in part from prime (n.) on the same notion as a "Book of Hours." Meaning "small introductory book on any topic" is from 1807.
- noun textbook
- The primer, not the bayonet, should be relied upon to uphold the liberty of a nation.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- There is 'The Raven,' the first primer, the multiplication table.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- In such a room he had studied his primer and his Ray's Arithmetic.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- She introduced a primer with small black illustrations which fascinated Susan.
- Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
- Then, to stop this "erosion," the obturating (sealing) primer came into use.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- No. 3, the man with the tube-pouch, got out his lanyard and hooked it to a primer.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- But this morning he was at his desk copying from his Primer on to his slate.
- Extract from : « Emmy Lou » by George Madden Martin
- But then he had been in the Primer Class from the beginning.
- Extract from : « Emmy Lou » by George Madden Martin
- A primer of information about the processes of electrotyping and stereotyping.
- Extract from : « The Uses of Italic » by Frederick W. Hamilton
- A primer of information about words, their relations, and their uses.
- Extract from : « The Uses of Italic » by Frederick W. Hamilton
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