Primus (Latin, 'first') may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

Primus (DC Comics) The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #141 (June 1981), and were crea ...

, a character in the Omega Men team *

Primus (Marvel Comics) Arnim Zola is a supervillain appearing in American comic books by Marvel Comics. He is a master of biochemistry and a recurring enemy of Captain America and the Avengers. The character first appeared in ''Captain America and the Falcon'' #208 (Ap ...

, a character created by Arnim Zola * Primus, a character in the novel '' Stardust'' and its film adaptation * Primus, a planet in ''

The New Adventures of He-Man ''The New Adventures of He-Man'' is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their Masters of the Universe line. The cartoon series was intended to be a continuation o ...

'' * Primus, the all-powerful

god In monotheism, monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, and principal object of Faith#Religious views, faith.Richard Swinburne, Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Ted Honderich, Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Ox ...

/creator of the Cybertronians, Autobots, Terracons and Decepticons alike, in most ''

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...

'' continuities

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

Primus (band) Primus is an American rock music, rock band formed in El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, California, El Sobrante, California in 1984. The band is currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, Larry "Ler" LaLonde, a ...

, an American funk metal band * ''PRIMUS'' (journal), a quarterly journal of undergraduate mathematics education * ''Primus'' (TV series), 1971–1972

Businesses and brands

* Primus, a brand of keys by

Schlage Schlage (pronounced ) is an American lock manufacturer founded in 1920 by Walter Schlage. Schlage was headquartered in San Francisco from its inception until it relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1997. Schlage also produces high-securi ...

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Primus AB Primus AB is a manufacturer of portable cooking devices and outdoor stoves based in Stockholm, Sweden. History The firm was founded in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist and Johan Viktor Svenson. They were the developers of its initial product, ...

, a Swedish manufacturer of portable cooking devices and outdoor stoves. **

Primus stove The Primus stove was the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch; Lindqvist’s patent cove ...

, a pressurized-burner kerosene stove. *

Primus beer Brasseries, Limonaderies et Malteries SARL (Bralima), established in 1923 as the Brasserie de Léopoldville, is a brewing company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which operates six breweries. It has been owned by Heineken International ...

, by Bralima Brewery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc., now

HC2 Holdings INNOVATE Corp. (formerly known as HC2 Holdings, Inc. and Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc.) is an American public financial services company founded in 1994. History Beginning (1994–1997) Primus commenced operations in 1994 intent on bei ...

. *

Primus Canada Primus (Latin, 'first') may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Primus (DC Comics), a character in the Omega Men team * Primus (Marvel Comics), a character created by Arnim Zola * Primus, a character in the novel ''Stard ...

, Canadian ISP owned by

Distributel Distributel is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1988 as an independent service provider offering Canadians Long Distance phone service. Distributel now offers a wide range of high speed Internet p ...

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Primus Telecommunications (Australia) iPrimus is an Australian telecommunications company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vocus Communications. iPrimus primarily focuses on fixed, mobile, and broadband services. Primus Telecom was the first telecommunications carrier to receive ...

, a subsidiary of Vocus Communications.

People

Primus (name) Primus (Latin, 'first') is used as a name. It is also used after a name to designate the first born in a series of people with the same name, e.g. Alexander Monro (primus) (1697–1767). People with the name include: * Pope Primus of Alexandria, ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Pope Primus of Alexandria Pope Primus, also called Aprimos, was the 5th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. He was baptized by Mark the Evangelist. He was one of the three who were ordained priests by Mark, along with Bishop Anianus, the Second Patriarch. Primus was ...

, pope and patriarch of Alexandria 106–118 *

Saint Primus Saints Primus and Felician (Felicianus) ( it, Primo e Feliciano) were brothers who suffered martyrdom about the year 297 during the Diocletian persecution. The ''"Martyrologium Hieronymianum"'' (ed. G. B. de Rossi-L. Duchesne, 77) gives under June ...

(died c. 297), Christian martyr *

Marcus Antonius Primus Marcus Antonius Primus (born between 20 AD and 35 AD – died after 81 AD) was a senator and general of the Roman Empire. Biography Early life Primus was born at Tolosa (Toulouse) in Gaul. He was likely the son/grandson of Lucius Antonius (grand ...

1st century Roman general

Other uses

Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, styled "The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church", is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd. Mark Strange who became primus on ...

, the church's presiding bishop *

Primus (cycling team) Primus () was a Polish professional cycling team, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized ...

, a Polish women's road-racing team *

Primus Peak Primus Peak () is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Primus Peak is flanked by North Klawatti Glacier to the south and Borealis Glacier to the northeast. Tricouni Peak is situated immediately east of Pri ...

, a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington *

Patient Reported Outcome Indices for Multiple Sclerosis A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care ...

(PRIMUS), a medical research tool *

Adler Primus The Adler Primus is a small family car introduced by the Frankfurt based auto-maker, Adler in March 1932.Oswald, p 19 In a move reminiscent of British Leyland in the 1970s, Adler launched two similarly sized cars in the same year, one of whic ...

, a 1930s German small family car *

CAIGA Primus 150 The AVIC Leadair AG300, previously called Primus 150, built by the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft, is a development of the Epic LT aircraft built using the international rights to Epic Aircraft bought in bankruptcy in 2010. As part of ...

, a Chinese light aircraft *

Honeywell Primus Honeywell Primus is a range of Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) glass cockpits manufactured by Honeywell Aerospace. Each system is composed of multiple display units used as primary flight display and multi-function display. Primus 10 ...

, a range of glass cockpits by Honeywell Aerospace *

SSPH Primus The Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 (SSPH 1) Primus is a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 155 mm howitzer. Developed jointly by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Singapore Technologi ...