Thesaurus: primer

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1. n. One who, or that which, primes
2. n. 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. a. First; original; primary.
4. n. Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
5. n. A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
6. n. 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. n. an introductory textbook
8. n. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
9. n. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
10. One who, or that which, primes; specifically, an instrument ordevice for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussionpowder or other capable for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
11. n:100 n. an introductory textbook