primero


pri·me·ro

P0559000 (prĭ-mâr′ō)n. A gambling card game, popular in Elizabethan England.
[Alteration of Spanish primera, feminine of primero, first, from Latin prīmārius, principal, from prīmus, first; see prime.]

primero

(prɪˈmɛərəʊ) n (Historical Terms) chiefly Brit a 16th- and 17th-century card game[C16: from Spanish primera card game, from primero first, from Latin prīmārius chief]