See Also: RNA primer(medicine)
primer(dictionary)
primer(dictionary)
primer(2)(dictionary)
primer(1)(dictionary)
Primer(money)
primer(medicine)
primer extension(medicine)
PRIMER ELECTION(law)
PRIMER SEISIN, Eng(law)

primer(1) (iou)



primer adjective. LME.
[Anglo-Norman = Old French primier var. of Old & mod. French premier from Latin primarius PRIMARY adjective.]
First in order of time or occurrence; early; primitive. Long obsolete exc. in phrs. below. LME.
primer fine (Law, now Hist.) a sum, usu. about one-tenth of the annual income of the land in question, to be paid to the Crown by a plaintiff suing for the recovery of land by writ of covenant. primer seisin (Law, now Hist.) a feudal right of the English Crown to receive, from the heir of a tenant of the Crown who died in possession of a knight's fee, the profits of the inherited estate for the first year.
First in rank or importance; principal, chief. L15-M18.
? Recorded earlier in ME as a surname.