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com•pri•mar•i•o
(kom′prə mâr′ē ō′, -mär′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mar•i•os.
- Music and Dancea singer in an opera company who ranks below the lead singers and who usually sings secondary roles.
- Italian, equivalent. to com- com- + primario primary