primary source
Noun
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Noun
primary source (plural primary sources)
- (scholarly studies) An original work, especially one by a notable author whose work is now the subject of commentaries (secondary sources).
- (historiography) A historical object, especially a written document, that was created at or near the time of the events studied.
- primary work
- German: Primärquelle
- Russian: первоисто́чник
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