premier Definition
pre·mier (pri mir′, -myir′; Brit prem′yər)
adjective
- first in importance or rank; chief; foremost
- first in time; earliest
Etymology: ME primier < MFr premier < L primarius < primus, first, prime
noun
- any chief official
- the prime minister of any of certain countries
- the chief executive officer of a Canadian province
- the chief minister of an Australian State
premier Related Forms
pre·mier′·ship noun
premier Usage Examples
Converse of object
attend: Within a few weeks they were attending a film premier together.
Preposition: at
festival: The work premiered at the international electronic arts festival Ars Electronica, in Linz, Austria, in 1994.
Adjective modifier
- Soviet: The Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev was ecstatic and milked all the propaganda he could from the flight.
- former: Former premier cruises ' successor to Memories of an educational cruise in the Mediterranean the.
- Irish: The Irish premier can't exactly be accused of going out on a limb on this one.
- Italian: He was photographed whilst accompanying the Italian premier on holiday there.
- British: The prime minister, who arrived here Wednesday night, is the first British premier to visit Indonesia since Margaret Thatcher in 1985.
Modifies a noun
- league: Now you're getting the chance to play in the premier league.
- resort: Enjoy the delights of summer in the premier resort of Sunny Beach.
- destination: Drake Circus aims to be the premier shopping destination in the South West, measuring more than 650,000 square feet.
- venue: Victoria Hall Highlights The Victoria Hall, the premier concert venue for the Heart of England, is twinned with The Regent Theater.
- attraction: It stands on Dover's premier tourist attraction, Dover Castle.
- division: Of course, the old First Division was the premier division, they just hadn't named it back then.
Noun used with modifier
- uks: X-Isle Sports the UKs premier watersports training center.. .
- vise: Yi Wu, China's vise premier, known as the country's Iron Lady, is in third place.
- world: Brook Miller showed a pre-production model of the new Kia Sedona Carnival, fresh from its world premier at the Geneva Motor Show.
- film: Within a few weeks they were attending a film premier together.
- region: Our aim is to build on our successes and become the regions premier rugby club.
Possessives
nation: Ers returned high smith and rodgers streets of nevada the nation's premier.
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