meaning of primer
1. One who, or that which, primes
2. an instrument or device for priming; esp. , a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
3. First; original; primary.
4. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
5. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
6. A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
7. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
Related Words
primer | primer coat | primero | primerole |
