primate
noun-
any animal that belongs to the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and monkeys 灵长类;灵长目动物 Topics Animalsc1 -
an archbishop (= a priest of very high rank in the Christian Church) 大主教;总主教 the Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury) 全英格兰主教长(坎特伯雷大主教)
Word Originsense 2 Middle English: from Old French primat, from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.sense 1 late 19th cent.: from Latin primas, primat- ‘of the first rank’, from primus ‘first’.