Primus
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Music, media and entertainment

  • Primus (band)
    Primus (band)
    Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...

    , a musical group
  • Primus (Transformers)
    Primus (Transformers)
    Primus is the "benevolent" godlike entity in the fictional Transformers comic universe who fought against the Chaos-Bringer Unicron. The Lord of the Light, Primus is the being who created the Transformers to help him defeat Unicron.-Primus and Unicron:...

    , an entity in the fictional Transformers universe
  • A member of the fictional superhero team The Omega Men
    Omega Men
    The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Green Lantern #141 , and were created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton....

  • Primus (Marvel Comics), the name of two fictional villains in the Marvel Comics universe
  • PRIMUS (journal)
    Primus (journal)
    PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the teaching of undergraduate mathematics, established in 1991. The journal has been published by Taylor & Francis since March 2007 and currently has eight issues per year...

    , a quarterly journal of undergraduate mathematics education
  • Primus (TV series)
    Primus (TV series)
    Primus was a syndicated sea adventure series which aired in 1971–1972. It told the adventures of Carter Primus .The series was produced by Ivan Tors and one season was shot.-Cast:* Robert Brown as Carter Primus...

    , a television adventure series starring Robert Brown
  • The main setting in the animated series The New Adventures of He-Man
    The New Adventures of He-Man
    The New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their successful Masters of the Universe line...

  • Primus (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Primus (Dungeons & Dragons)
    Primus is the supreme ruler of modrons, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Publication history:Primus first appeared with the modrons in the original Monster Manual II ....

    , the leader of the Modron race in the Dungeons & Dragons universe
  • A character in the novel Stardust
    Stardust (novel)
    Stardust is the first solo prose novel by Neil Gaiman. It is usually published as a novel with illustrations by Charles Vess. Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the...

    and its film adaptation
  • Primus class battlecruiser
    Primus Class Battlecruiser
    The Primus class battle cruiser is a fictional battlecruiser in the fictional universe of Babylon 5.- Depiction :Designed to allow the Centauri to cause serious damage on the battlefield, the Primus was given a massive array of weapons including ion cannon turrets, battle lasers, missile launchers...

    , vessel in the fictional universe of Babylon 5

Companies and products

  • Primus, a brand of high security keys and cylinders manufactured by Schlage
    Schlage
    Schlage is a lock manufacturer founded in 1920 by Walter Schlage in San Francisco. Schlage is one of the most popular brands of consumer and commercial locks in the United States. The company was acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 1974 and continues to be a subsidiary. Schlage also produces...

  • Primus Telecom
    Primus Telecom
    Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated is an integrated facilities-based telecommunications services provider offering international and domestic voice, voice-over-Internet protocol , Internet, wireless, data and hosting services to business and residential retail customers and other...

    , a worldwide telecommunications provider
    • Primus Telecommunications (Australia), an Australian subsidiary of the telecommunications provider
    • Primus Canada
      Primus Canada
      Primus Canada is a Canadian telecommunications company. Primus operates as a CLEC — buying services at wholesale rates and reselling them to consumers...

      , a Canadian subsidiary of the telecommunications provider
  • PRIMUS Financial Services, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Company
    Ford Motor Credit Company
    Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford Motor Company, and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.Its business activities are concentrated primarily in the area of automobile loans in support of its parent company...

  • Primus stove
    Primus stove
    The Primus stove, the first pressurized-burner kerosene stove, was developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm, Sweden. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch; Lindqvist’s patent covered the burner, which was turned upward on the stove...

  • Primus Beer, an African beer brand produced by Bralima Brewery, Kinshasa, DRC

Other meanings

  • SSPH Primus
    SSPH Primus
    The Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 Primus is a self-propelled howitzer armed with a 155 mm howitzer. Developed jointly by the Singapore Armed Forces , Defence Science and Technology Agency and Singapore Technologies Kinetics , it was introduced to the Singapore Artillery in 2004...

    , a Singaporean artillery unit
  • Primate (bishop), a title bestowed on some Christian bishops
    • Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
      Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
      The Primus, styled The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd David Chillingworth who became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 13 June 2009...

      , the church's presiding bishop
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