Primary

·noun A primary meeting; a caucus.

II. Primary ·adj Earliest formed; fundamental.

III. Primary ·noun That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.

IV. Primary ·adj First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

V. Primary ·noun A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. ·see under Planet.

VI. Primary ·adj First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.

VII. Primary ·adj First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.

VIII. Primary ·noun One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. ·see Plumage, and ·Illust. of Bird.

IX. Primary ·adj Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.