Primus (Latin, 'first') may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional entities
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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
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Primus (Marvel Comics), 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''
* Primus, the
all-powerful
Omnipotence is the quality of having unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to the deity of their faith. In the monotheistic religious philosophy of Abrahamic religions, omnipotence is often listed as one ...
god/creator of the Cybertronians, Autobots, Terracons and Decepticons alike, in most ''
Transformers'' continuities
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
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Primus (band), an American funk metal band
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''PRIMUS'' (journal), a quarterly journal of undergraduate mathematics education
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''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.
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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 covere ...
, a pressurized-burner kerosene stove.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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, p ...
, including a list of people with the name
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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 a ...
, pope and patriarch of Alexandria 106–118
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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
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Marcus Antonius Primus 1st century Roman general
Other uses
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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
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Primus (cycling team), a Polish women's road-racing team
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Primus Peak, a mountain in the U.S. state of Washington
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Patient Reported Outcome Indices for Multiple Sclerosis (PRIMUS), a medical research tool
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Adler Primus, a 1930s German small family car
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CAIGA Primus 150, a Chinese light aircraft
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Honeywell Primus, a range of glass cockpits by Honeywell Aerospace
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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 ...
, a Singaporean self-propelled howitzer
See also
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Prima (disambiguation)
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Prime (disambiguation)
A prime is a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself.
Prime or PRIME may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Prime (comics), a comic book character
* Dyson Aliens or T ...
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Secundus (disambiguation)
Secundus is the Latin word for "second." However, it also had the meaning of "favorable" or "lucky." It functions both as a proper name and a numeral title. It can refer to:
People Ancient Romans
*Pliny the Elder or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23- ...
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