primate

noun

Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.

noun

A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.

Relating to or characteristic of the order Primates.

noun

The first or chief person.

noun

A bishop of a see ranking as first in a province or provinces; a metropolitan as presiding in his province, or one of several metropolitans as presiding over others.

noun

In zoology, a member of the order Primates; a primatial or primatic mammal, as man.

noun

The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.

noun

One of the Primates.

noun

A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

noun

A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.