Primus

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Primus has multiple meanings, generally derived from the Latin word meaning 'the first one'.

Contents 1 Companies 2 Beers 3 Fiction 4 Military 5 Music 6 Other 7 People 8 Video games

[edit] Companies

• PRIMUS Financial Services, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Company, an automotive finance company
• Primus Telecom is one of Australia's largest telecommunications carriers
• Primus Canada is one of Canada's largest telecommunications carriers
• Primus AB, the Swedish manufacturer of Primus stoves and other outdoor gas- or liquid-fueled heating and lighting devices
• Primus Technologies Corp, a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
• Primus By Veramonte Winery A blend of cabernet, merlot, and carmenere, made in Chile

[edit] Beers

• Primus beer, an African beer brand produced by Bralima brewing company.
• Primus (Czech beer), a Czech beer brand produced by Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s.

[edit] Fiction

• Primus is the name of a powerful entity in the Transformers Universe.
• Primus is the name of the supreme ruler of all Modrons in the Dungeons & Dragons Universe.
• Primus is the name of a 1971 television action-adventure series starring Robert Brown.

[edit] Military

• SSPH Primus, Singapore's 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer

[edit] Music

• Primus (band), a rock trio.

[edit] Other

• Primus, a type high-security mechanical lock from Schlage.
• Primus stoves

[edit] People

• Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
• Primus of Norway, the presiding bishop of the Norwegian Lutheran State Church
• Primus of Alexandria, the 2nd-century Coptic patriarch.
• Nelson Primus, a 19th-century painter.
• Saint Primus, a Christian martyr. See Primus and Felician.

[edit] Video games

• Primus, a planet from Freelancer (computer game).