1 [U,C] a type of paint that is put on wood, metal, etc. before it is painted to help the paint to stay on the surface
2 (AmE) a book that contains basic instructions:
The President doesn't need a primer on national security.
3 (AmE, old-fashioned) a book for teaching children how to read, or containing basic facts about a school subject
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for primer is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is primer a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, primer is tagged as noun.
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