Meaning

5 senses
  1. The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.

    (UK, Westminster system)The prime minister.

  2. (Australia, Canada, South Africa, UK, Westminster system)The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.

    премье́рpremʹjér, премье́р-мини́стрpremʹjér-minístr

  3. The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.

    the person who is head of government (in several countries)

  4. (slang)The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.

  5. (Australia)The champion team of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football).

Examples

20 sentences
  1. The premier is likely to resign.

    deDer Ministerpräsident wird voraussichtlich zurücktreten. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Today's paper reports that the premier has given up the idea of visiting America.

    ruВ сегодняшней газете написано, что премьер отказался от идеи нанести визит в Америку. — Hellerick

  3. The new season premiers October 20th.

  4. The premier and his cabinet colleagues resigned.

    ruПремьер-министр и его кабинет подали в отставку. — marafon

    deDer Ministerpräsident und sein Kabinett sind zurückgetreten. — Sudajaengi

  5. The two premiers had nothing in common.

    deDie beiden Premierminister hatten nichts gemein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Australia, Canada: head of a state or provincial government:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary.

Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary.

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Forms

plural: premiers
Singularpremier
Pluralpremiers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a national parliament:prime ministerB2
parliamentary leader of government and leader of cabinet in a state or provincial parliament:first minister
second-in-command on a ship:first lieutenantfirst mate
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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