pre|mier

pre|mier
pre|mier «noun. prih MIHR, PREE mee uhr; adjective. PREE mee uhr, PREHM yuhr», noun, adjective.
–n.
a prime minister; chief officer: »

It has been my aim to get the premiers of the four provinces working closer together than ever before (Maclean's).

╂[short for premier minister (literally) first minister]
–adj.
1. first in rank or importance; chief: »

a premier product. The show directors, faced with rising costs…to stage Scotland's premier agricultural event, were disappointed (London Times).

2. first in time; earliest: »

the premier occurrence of a contagious disease.

╂[< Old French premier first < Latin prīmārius < prīmus first. See etym. of doublet primary. (Cf. ↑primary)]

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