Premier
['premɪə;'priː-] or [prɪ'mɪr]
Definition
(verb.) perform a work for the first time.
(verb.) be performed for the first time; 'We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success'.
(adj.) preceding all others in time; 'the premiere showing' .
(adj.) first in rank or degree; 'an architect of premier rank'; 'the prime minister' .
Editor: Ned--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.
(a.) Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.
(n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Prime minister.
Editor: Sheldon
Definition
adj. prime or first: chief: (her.) most ancient.—n. the first or chief: the prime-minister.—v.i. to govern as premier.—adj. and n. Premié‘¢e (pre-myār′) first or leading actress dancer forewoman &c.—n. Prē′miership.
Checker: Scott
Examples
- The greatest mines of Africa are the Jagersfontein, Wesselton, Premier and Robert Victor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They could take the premier now, instead of the little entresol of the hotel which they occupied. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Surely it is easily decided, Hope, said the Premier. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- From that time to the present the tide of popularity for billiards as the premier indoor game has been steadily rising. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The incapacity of the sovereign had developed the powers of the premier. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Holmes wrote a name upon a slip of paper and handed it to the Premier. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Premier is the largest diamond mine in the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Premier sprang to his feet with that quick, fierce gleam of his deep-set eyes before which a Cabinet has cowered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Premier nodded approvingly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Premier placed his hand kindly upon his shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nearly all the journals read by the masses objected from the first to the dictatorship of the group of Premiers, Mr. Wilson being excepted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Je pars, et des ormeaux qui bordent le chemin J'ai passé le premiers à peine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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