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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