Primus

A Primus stove.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name.

Origin

From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).

Noun

  1. A Primus stove.
    • Varya walked past slowly, idly peeping into each of them. There was a vendor of Turkish delight and halvah. A haberdasher's stall. A cobbler. A whitesmith. A repairer of Primuses and oil stoves. - 1989, Aleksandr...

Origin

From the trademark.

Forms

Primuses