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first among equals

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin primus inter pares.

Definitions

  1. A person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless…

    A person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless takes a leading role within that group.

    • The Orthodox consider the bishop of Rome to have always been merely a first among equals.
    • I wonder whether Margaret Thatcher, Harold Macmillan, Winston Churchill, Lloyd George, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone (going back in time) thought of themselves as mere firsts among equals.

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