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Definition of Premier - 6 dictionary results

pre⋅mier

[pri-meer, -myeer, pree-meer]
–noun
1. the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
2. a chief officer.
–adjective
3. first in rank; chief; leading.
4. first in time; earliest; oldest.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME primer, primier, premer (adj.) < AF primer, premer and MF premier, primier lit., first < L prīmārius of the first rank; see primary


pre⋅mier⋅ship, noun
pre·mier   (prĭ-mîr', -myîr', prē'mîr)   
adj.  
  1. First in status or importance; principal or chief: an architect of premier rank.
  2. First to occur or exist; earliest.
n.   (prĭ-mîr')
  1. A prime minister.
  2. A chief administrative officer, as of a Canadian province.

[Middle English primier, from Old French, from Latin prīmārius, from prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
pre·mier'ship' n.

Premier

Pre"mi*er\, a. [F. premier, fr. L. primarius of the first rank, principal, fr. primus the first. See Primary, Prime, a.]

1. First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. --Camden. Swift.

2. Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.

Premier

Pre"mi*er\, n. The first minister of state; the prime minister.
Language Translation for : Premier
Spanish: primero, principal, a la cabeza,
German: erst,
Japanese: 主な

premier

The head of government in many nations. A premier's position is usually the same as that of a prime minister. The chiefs of government of the provinces of Canada are called premiers.


premier  (adj.)
c.1470, from M.Fr. premier "first, chief," from L. primarius "of the first rank, chief" (see primary). The noun in the political sense (1711) is shortening of premier minister (1686). In U.S., premier formerly occasionally was applied to the Secretary of State (1855-c.1900).
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