Usually means: Original document or firsthand account.
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  1. primary source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. primary source: Merriam-Webster
  3. primary-source: Wordnik
  4. primary source: Wiktionary
  5. primary source: Dictionary.com
  6. Primary Source, Primary source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. primary source: Genealogy Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (primary source)

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

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