Meaning

1 senses
  1. The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.

    This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.

    Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister / prime minister.

    Premierminister, Premierministerin

    премье́р-мини́стрpremʹjér-minístr, премье́рpremʹjér, глава́ прави́тельстваglavá pravítelʹstva

    прем'є́р-міні́стрpremʺjér-minístr, прем'є́р-міні́стркаpremʺjér-minístrka, прем'є́рpremʺjér

More definitions
  • the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
  • the person who is head of government (in several countries)

Examples

208 sentences
  1. He was forced to resign as prime minister.

    Його примусили залишити посаду прем'єр-міністра. — hectorvk

    ruЕго вынудили оставить пост премьер-министра. — shanghainese

    deEr wurde gezwungen, als Ministerpräsident zurückzutreten. — Manfredo

  2. The present prime minister was not present at the ceremony.

    ruНынешний премьер-министр не присутствовал на церемонии. — odexed

  3. He had the ambition to be prime minister.

    deEr hatte den Ehrgeiz, Premierminister zu werden. — samueldora

  4. The prime minister fielded some tough questions at the press conference.

    ruНа конференции премьер-министр ответил на ряд непростых вопросов со стороны прессы. — shanghainese

  5. The prime minister hinted at the possibility of an early election.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chief member of the cabinet and head of the government:
Русский
By meaning 1
chief member of the cabinet and head of the government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
chief member of the cabinet and head of the government:

Origin

Calque of French premier ministre.

Calque of French premier ministre.

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Forms

plural: prime ministers
Singularprime minister
Pluralprime ministers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom:PMpremier
  • the person who is head of government (in several countries):chancellorpremier

Word family

5 related words

See also

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