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Definition of premiership - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅mier

  [pri-meer, -myeer, pree-meer]
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–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

Related forms:
pre⋅mier⋅ship, noun
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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.
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