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premier Definition

pre·mier (pri mir′, -myir′; Brit prem′yər)

adjective

  1. first in importance or rank; chief; foremost
  2. first in time; earliest

Etymology: ME primier < MFr premier < L primarius < primus, first, prime

noun

  1. any chief official
    1. the prime minister of any of certain countries
    2. the chief executive officer of a Canadian province
    3. 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.