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premier
/pɹɪˈmɪəɹ/
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What does premier mean?
adjective
- Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
- Most ancient; first to hold a specified status.
noun
- The prime minister.
More meanings (6)
noun
- The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.
- The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.
- (slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
- The champion team of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football).
verb
- To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.
- To govern in the role of premier.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹɪˈmɪəɹ/
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The Premier sprang to his feet with that quick, fierce gleam of his deep-set eyes before which a Cabinet has cowered.
I am happy to add that of the three who voted favorably on the question one was the Premier of Norway.
More book examples (3)
"Unhappily," commented Burton, "I am not one of those independents who can say ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute."
"Mebbe I'm goin'to be Premier of Canada, some day," said one youngster, poking his bare toes as near as he dared to the flames.
"He aspires to the strawberry leaves" is a well-known phrase abroad, and the idea occurs several times in the novels of Disraeli, the present British Premier.