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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PRIMEROnoun

    A game at cards.

    Etymology: Spanish.

    I left him at primero
    With the duke of Suffolk. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

Wikipedia

  1. Primero

    Primero (in English also called Primus, Prime, or in Italian Primiera or Spanish Primera), is a 16th-century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526. Primero is closely related to the game of primo visto (a.k.a. prima-vista, and various other spellings), if not the same. It is also believed to be one of the ancestors to the modern game of poker, to which it is strikingly similar.The gambling game with this name goes back to the 16th century, being known to Gerolamo Cardano as primiera, which he thought of as the noblest of all card games, to François Rabelais as prime, and to Shakespeare as primero.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Primeronoun

    a game at cards, now unknown

  2. Etymology: [Sp. primera, fr. primero first, from L. primarius. See Premier.]

Wikidata

  1. Primero

    Primero, Prime, Primus, Primiera, Primavista, often referred to as “Poker’s mother”, as it is the first confirmed version of a game directly related to modern day poker, is a 16th-century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526. The game of Primero is closely related to the game of Primo visto, if not the same.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Primero

    pri-mā′rō, n. an old game at cards. [Sp.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PRIMERO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Primero is ranked #35721 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Primero surname appeared 629 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Primero.

    76.7% or 483 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    18.1% or 114 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.3% or 21 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Primero in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Primero in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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