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primate

noun as in mammal of the order Primate

noun as in archbishop

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Genetic studies of living primates have suggested that gibbon ancestors emerged by at least 20 million years ago in Africa.

Most reporters, myself included, were expecting non-human primates.

Our family, the hominids, included other primates that walked the Earth on two legs.

So to understand why men are taller than women, we may need to understand why we experience puberty when we do and what drives differences in estrogen use between primates.

At the time, no one knew that someone’s sneeze can infect local primates with colds and other viral diseases.

No matter the name, the purported “anomalous primate” has long been the subject of a cycle of stories and skepticism.

The results are in and Homo habilis, our primate forebear, has won another round.

Believed to be around 16 years old at the time, the primate had endured a life in the entertainment business.

But first a word on human lice, a noble symbiote who has been working the primate circuit for millions of years.

The well-dressed primate that stormed a Canadian IKEA over the weekend has been photo shopped into a Marc Jacobs ad on Tumblr.

The Primate evidently thought all fat things should be reserved for Englishmen like himself.

Sir G. Gostwick soon after laid charges against the archbishop, which Henry quashed, and the primate was willing to forgive.

Probably the new responsibilities imposed upon him as Primate of the English Church pressed upon his conscience.

The Bishop of Chichester declared that Becket was primate no longer, as he had gone against the laws of the realm.

The King doubtless made him primate of the English hierarchy in order that he might combine both offices.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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