Definition of Primer

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Primer

One who, or that which, primes

an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.

First; original; primary.

Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.

A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.

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Primer Translations

primer in French is amorce
primer in German is Fibel
primer in Spanish is cebador

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