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premier adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin primarius PRIMARY adjective.]
A. adjective.
First in order or importance; leading, foremost. LME.
minister premier, premier minister = sense B.1 below.
National Observer (US) Television is now the premier instrument for political campaigning.
First in time; earliest. LME.
Belfast Telegraph Lady De Ros..holds the premier barony in the UKcreated in 1264.
b. noun.
(Also Premier.) (Used as a title preceding the name of) the first or chief minister in a government, spec. (a) the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; (b) Austral. & Canad. the chief minister of the government of a State or Province. E18.
= PREMIeRE noun. M20.
premiership noun (a) the position or office of premier; the period of office of a premier; (b) the state of being first in order, as in a competition; a competition to be first in order, esp. in the top division of the English soccer league: E19.