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Definition of Primaries
1. primary [n] - See also: primary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primaries
Literary usage of Primaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"The power of the boss over the Machine consists, above all, in the power of
managing the primaries; if he is master of them he holds the conventions in the ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"Primaries broader 5. Wings of female absent.. Primaries with veins 8 to 10 ...
Primaries with vein 8 not stalked 4. 4. Secondaries with veins 4 and 5 ..."
3. Nominations for Elective Office in the United States by Frederick William Dallinger (1897)
"tain time and place were posted and then altered, and the primaries were held at
a different time and place from that stated in these notices.68 In short, ..."
4. Nominations for Elective Office in the United States by Frederick William Dallinger (1897)
"tain time and place were posted and then altered, and the primaries were held at
a different time and place from that stated in these notices.58 In short, ..."
5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"Primaries produced and narrow 5. Primaries not produced and broad 19. 5.
Primaries with the inner margin produced into a triangular lobe. Normen. ..."
6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Primaries black or mostly black . . 54. RING-BILLED GULL (Im.). ... First primaries
of adult Gulls, seen from below: (a) Herring Gull; (b) Rine< billed Gull ..."
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