primus

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

That made the king more primus inter pares than absolute monarch.

The invitation looks like a mistaken act of over-compensation, an effort to make sure the UK, an early backmarker, reverted to its traditional position of primus inter pares, the Special One.

The most contentious part of the ensemble was a giant primus stove with a bas-relief of the devil and his helpers.

Wallenberg in a sense was primus inter pares, first among equals.