premier
IPA: prɛmˈɪr
noun
- (politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
- (politics, UK parliament) The prime minister.
- (politics, Australia, Canada, South Africa) The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.
- (politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.
- (nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
- (Australia, sporting) 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.
adjective
- Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
- (heraldry) Most ancient; first to hold a specified status.
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Examples of "premier" in Sentences
- She came to the premiere of the film.
- The buildup to the premiere was tense.
- The date of the premiere is uncertain.
- This was the world premiere of the film.
- Rubinstein premiered the 5th sonata in the West.
- The episode was followed by the premiere of the video.
- The BBC is the premier broadcasting company in the UK.
- It is the premier watchdog organization of the province.
- It is one of the premier sporting activities in the city.
- Premiere Bank is a member of the consortium and the in the Philippines.
- The premier is traveling with chinese business leaders and eight members of his Cabinet.
- Sadly it looks like a second term in office for the former Portuguese premier is now inevitable.
- Phillips wouldn't admit it, but he's already throwing punches to keep what he called the premier job in the NFL.
- The date of the premier is my birthday and I can think of no better way to spend the evening than seeing this movie!
- I was the first one to do it, the first white man to run under 10 seconds," he says, the phrase "premier blanc" – the first white – rolling easily off his tongue."
- The reason why that Canadian provincial premier is in the states for the operation is because as a much larger country, we have many more surgeons, and have developed more sophisticated surgical methods than his own county with a population barely equal to that of New York State.
- The new program will offer four tiers to what it calls "premier," or elite, participants - 1K (for travelers with 100,000 qualifying miles), platinum (75,000 miles), gold (50,000 miles) and silver (25,000 miles) - rather than the three elite tiers the two airlines' programs had before.