premier

pre·mier  (pr-mîr, -myîr, prmîr)

adj.

1. First in status or importance; principal or chief: an architect of premier rank.

2. First to occur or exist; earliest.

n. (pr-mîr)

1. A prime minister.

2. A chief administrative officer, as of a Canadian province.

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[Middle English primier, from Old French, from Latin prmrius, from prmus, first; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·miership n.

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premier [ˈprɛmjə]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for prime minister

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the heads of governments of the Canadian provinces and the Australian states

3. (General Sporting Terms) (plural) Austral the winners of a premiership

adj (prenominal)

1. first in importance, rank, etc.

2. first in occurrence; earliest

[from Old French: first, from Latin prīmārius principal, from prīmus first]

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pre•mier (prɪˈmɪər, -ˈmyɪər, ˈpri mɪər)

n.

1. the head of the cabinet in France and certain other countries; prime minister.

2. (in Canada) the head of a provincial government.

adj.

3. first in rank; chief; leading.

4. first in time; earliest.

v.t., v.i.

5. premiere.

Also, premiere.

[1400–50; late Middle English prim(i)er, premer (adj.) < Anglo-French primer, premer and Middle French premier, primier literally, first < Latin prīmārius of the first rank; see primary]

pre•mier′ship, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	premier - the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom Prime Minister, PM British Cabinet - the senior ministers of the British government chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	2.	premier - the person who is head of state (in several countries) chancellor, prime minister chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government taoiseach - the prime minister of the Irish Republic
Verb	1.	premier - be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success" premiere performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
	2.	premier - perform a work for the first time premiere performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
Adj.	1.	premier - first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister" prime first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
	2.	premier - preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing" premiere first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

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premier

noun

head of government, prime minister, chancellor, chief minister, P.M. Australia's premier Paul Keating

adjective

chief, leading, top, first, highest, head, main, prime, primary, principal, arch, foremost the country's premier opera company

Translations

premier [ˈpremɪəʳ]

A. ADJ → primero, principal

B. N (= prime minister) → primer(a)ministro/a m/f; (= president) → presidente/a m/f

C. CPD Premier League N (Brit) (Ftbl) → primera división f, división f de honor

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premier [ˈprɛmiə^r]

adj (= top) [destination, venue, opera company] → premier/ière; [sporting event] → de premier plan

n

(= Prime Minister) → Premier ministre m/f
Premier Division n (in Scotland) → première division f

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premier

adj → führend

n → Premier m, → Premierminister(in) m(f)

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premier [ˈprɛmɪəʳ]

1. n (Pol) → premier m inv, primo ministro

2. adj → primo/a

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premier (ˈpremiə) , ((American) ˈpri:-) adjective

first or leading. Italy's premier industrialist. hoof, grootste الأوَّل، رائِد، الأسْبَق пръв principal první erst førende πρώτος primero, principal, a la cabeza esi-, juhtiv بزرگترین؛ اولین johtava premier רָאשִי, רִאשוֹן प्रधान premijer, precjednik vlade első(rangú), vezető terkemuka fyrstur, æðstur principale, (più importante) 主な 제1의 pagrindinis, svarbiausias, žymiausias galvenais; vadošais utama voornaamste først, fremst, ledende wiodący تر ټولو لوى، لومړنى principal principal первый, ведущий prvý prvi vodeći första, främsta ที่สำคัญที่สุด en birinci, başlıca 首要的 перший اولين thứ nhất 首要的

noun

a prime minister. the French premier. eerste رَئيس وُزَراء министър-председател primeiro-ministro předseda vlády der/die Premierminister(in) premierminister πρωθυπουργός primer ministro peaminister نخست وزیر pääministeri premier ministre רֹאש מֶמשָלָה प्रथम प्रदर्शन prvi ministar miniszterelnök perdana menteri forsætisráðherra primo ministro, premier 首相 수상 premjeras premjers perdana menteri premier statsminister premier صدر اعظم primeiro-ministro premier; prim-ministru премьер-министр predseda vlády ministrski predsednik premijer premiär-, statsminister นายกรัฐมนตรี başbakan 首相，總理 прем'єр-міністр وزير اعظم thủ tướng 首相，总理