primaries

noun

Meaning

A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
The first year of grade school.
A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
A primary school.
Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
To take part in a primary election.

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

No descendant words have been linked yet.