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long primer

long primer is the alternative form of Long Primer.

Proper noun capitalized: Long Primer

Long Primer

  1. (dated) The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.
    Synonyms:
    corpus, Garamond

Synonyms of long primer

Forms of long primer

alternative formlong-primer
alternative formlongprimer
alternative formlong primer

Origin of long primer

Initially from primer (“prayer book”) from its use in those volumes in Protestant England. The qualifier was subsequently added to distinguish it from great primer and may derive from early editions published on long duodecimo paper.

Questions about long primer

What does long primer mean?
Long primer means the size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.
What is long primer the alternative form of?
Long primer is the alternative form of Long Primer.
What part of speech is long primer?
Long primer is a proper noun.

Words near long primer in the dictionary

  1. long pot
  2. Long Prairie
  3. Long Preston
  4. long price
  5. long prices
  6. long primer
  7. long profile
  8. long profiles
  9. long purples
  10. long purse
  11. long purses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: long primer (page history and authors); Long Primer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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