premier
noun/ˈpremiə(r)/
/prɪˈmɪr/
- used especially in newspapers, etc. to mean ‘prime minister’
- She was sworn in as premier last week.
Extra Examples- during his 25 years as Liberal premier
- He expressed his concerns in a letter to the Irish premier.
- She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acting
- deputy
- former
- …
- appoint (somebody)
- appoint somebody as
- elect (somebody)
- …
- as premier
- (in Canada) the first minister of a province or territoryTopics Politicsc2
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.
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