- most important, famous or successful
- one of the country’s premier chefs
- (British English, sport) the Premier League/Division
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1- Last year they won the premier award at the Welsh Festival of Light Opera.
- The new Institute of Contemporary Art is one of Boston's premier attractions.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.Definitions on the go
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