Primipilar

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Primipilar \Pri*mip"i*lar\, a. [L. primipilaris, fr. primipilus
     the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion, fr.
     primus pilus the division made up of the triarii in the Roman
     army.]
     Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman
     army. --Barrow.


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