Meanings
primero1
- uncountableA card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
[Thomas] Lou[ell]. Came you from the King, my Lord? / [Stephen] Gar[diner]. I did Sir Thomas; and left him at Primero / With the Duke of Suffolke.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 227, column 1
Primero2
Origin
primero · noun
- Latinprīmārius
- Spanishprimera
- Englishprimero
Borrowed from Spanish primera, feminine form of primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.
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Full word history & related roots →Primero · proper noun
- SpanishPrimero
- EnglishPrimero
Borrowed from Spanish Primero. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
primero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primero
“primero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primero. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primero,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primero.
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