premieradj.n.

Brit.

/ˈprɛmɪə/, U.S.

/priˈmɪ(ə)r/,

/prəˈmɪ(ə)r/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s–1700s primier, 1500s prymier, 1600s primiere, 1600s– premier; Scottish pre-1700 prymior, pre-1700 1700s– premier. Also (in sense B.) with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French premier, primier.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French premier (French premier ) first in a sequence or series (1119 in Anglo-Norman as primier; compare earlier primer primer adj.), earliest (1140 in Old French), first in quality (c1170), first or chief (1606 in premier président ) < classical Latin prīmārius of the first rank (see primary adj. and n.). Compare Old Occitan premier (a1126), primier (late 12th cent.). Compare earlier primer adj. (and the Romance parallels cited at that entry), primary adj., and later primar adj. Compare also première adj. and discussion at that entry. With use as noun compare primar n. 1, primary n., and primer n.³With sense A. 1b compare French premier ministre (1694) and also prime minister n. With sense B. 2a compare French premier (1909). In its phonological history this word has shown a broad variety of different realizations, showing both disyllabic and trisyllabic pronunciations, and with the position of the main stress varying between the first and second syllables.

A. adj.

a. First in importance, rank, or position; chief, leading, foremost.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adjective]

highestOE

bestOE

firstlOE

greatest?c1225

of the besta1350

premiera1500

paramount1530

supremec1550

supreme1571

primer1589

top1647

nulli secundus1742

bestest1751

first class1819

beatemest1831

par excellence1839

première1844

first rate1853

beatenest1860

blue ribbon1860

optimum1885

optimal1890

class A1906

all-star1908

grade A1911

five-star1931

mostest1936

tip-topmost1937

the end1950

the most1953

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 2 in Poems (1899) 13 (MED) Maisters Gower, Chauucer & Lydgate, Primier poetes of this nacion.

1530 Lett. & Papers Foreign & Domest. Henry VIII (1929) Add. I. i. 233 Sending unto youe nevertheles the copye of them [with] l'res of thankes to the Prymier President.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 335 The Captain of the primier band of the Vetasians.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 5 The Spaniard..challengeth the primier place in regard of..his dominions.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §293 303 One of the premier knights of the order of the garter.

1717 E. Fenton Poems 214 His Fate May raise him to be Premier Barde of State.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 39 Henry Beauchamp, son of Richard and Isabel, was at the age of nineteen created Premier Earl of England.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 198 The premier violin, master of the ceremonies and ballet-master.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Dec. 2/3 The six principal exports of Brazil... Coffee takes the premier place.

1905 Daily Chron. 6 Dec. 6/3 The Prime Minister is to be not only the premier Commoner, but to take precedence over all Dukes.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake p. ix State Senator Frederick C. Malkus, the region's premier turtle trapper, took me turkling, as that sport is called.

2005 Independent 7 June 51/4 A wide-hipped [surf] board..that became the prototype for the modern longboard and was the premier platform for hot dog surfing.

b. premier minister n. = sense B. Also †minister premier.Not in current use with reference to the United Kingdom.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state

prime minister1655

first minister1657

premier1675

premier ministera1678

vizier1709

Katikkiro1866

a1678 A. Marvell King's Vowes in Poems (1971) 174 Of my Pimp I will make my Minister Premier.

1686 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 501 The Countesse of Sunderland (whose Lord was now Secretary of State, Lord pres: of the Council, & premier Minister).

1691 T. Beverley Thousand Years' Kingdom 1 The Angel..was the Primier Minister of Prophecy from Christ, to the Apocalyptical Apostle John.

1731 J. Swift To Gay in Wks. (1735) II. 423 Thus Families, like R——ms, with equal Fate, May sink by premier Ministers of State.

1788 L. MacNally Critic Upon Critic 28 Each premier minister, How ever sinister, By help of fat contracts and places.

1857 Times 18 Apr. 10/2 One great reason why reorganized Austria makes so little real progress is that she has no Premier Minister.

1928 Eng. Hist. Rev. 43 386 Munnich, the man who had given the regency to Anne, and had been rewarded with the novel office of premier minister.

1959 Jrnl. Politics 21 217 A fully discretionary exercise of this prerogative is restricted only by the requirement for consultation with the Premier Minister and the Speakers of both chambers [of the French Republic].

1990 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 50 347 From 1905 to 1920..the same Liberal Premier Minister, Lomer Gouin, won all his elections with 80 to 90 percent of the seats [in Quebec].

2. First in time; earliest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others

formec888

eldestc897

firstlOE

originalc1350

foremosta1400

furthermost?a1400

primary?a1425

primatea1425

primea1500

arch1574

soon1591

origin1632

utter1634

premier1652

aboriginary1653

furthest1653

fontal1656

principial1699

première1768

protological1936

first-ever1955

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie To Rdr. sig. A4 Vouching the legal Interess of the English Nation, in Right of the first Discovery or Primier Seisin, to Estotiland.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 207 The primier Founder of this noble City is not agreed upon.

1740 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 105/1 Now if a primier Discovery confers a Right..then the Crown of England has an indisputable Right to the Sovereignty of those Countries in America.

1852 Househ. Words 5 190/1 Those premier pantaloons were snuff-coloured, buttoning over the jacket, and forming, with an extensive shirt frill, what was then called a ‘skeleton suit’.

1882 J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne II. xxvi. 28 The premier advertisement of opera in England.

1889 Queen 30 Mar. A woman, who, we may imagine, was no longer in her premier youth.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 6/1 The committee of the Post Office Savings Bank refreshment department have just issued their premier statement of accounts and balance-sheet.

1926 H. O. Osgood So this is Jazz xii. 133 Let me recall my premier hearing of that remarkable work.

1977 Belfast Tel. 27 Jan. 8/7 Lady De Ros..holds the premier barony in the UK—created in 1264.

1988 You/Verve (Toronto) Summer 58/2 There is a full day's ground training.., capped with your premier sky dive.

B. n. Frequently with capital initial.

1. The first or chief minister of any ruler; the chief officer of an institution. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state

prime minister1655

first minister1657

premier1675

premier ministera1678

vizier1709

Katikkiro1866

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society

governora1325

principalc1325

master1389

warden1575

president1664

prime minister1694

premier1784

1675 in H. Paton Reg. Interments Greyfriars Burying-ground (1902) 136 Mr. William Colvin late premier in the college of Edinburgh.

1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. i. ii. 23 I had rather be the poor Priest..than be Premier to the greatest Monarch.

1739 J. Hildrop Contempt of Clergy 61 He..makes him not only his Premier in Temporals, but his Vice-gerent in Spirituals.

1784 D. Herd Let. in Songs (1904) 50 I am determined to give up..this name of Premier [head of the Cape Club, Edinburgh].

1913 Bulletin (San Francisco) 14 May 14/2 William Buckingham Ewing—the name sounds like that of some premier of a king's cabinet.

a. The first or chief minister of the Crown and leader of the administration in the United Kingdom or in (former) British colonies; a Prime Minister.This sense is no longer current in Australian, South African, and Canadian usage; cf. sense B. 3 and note s.v. prime minister n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > prime minister of Britain or (fomerly) British colony

premier1726

1726 W. Stratford Let. 23 June in Rep. MSS Dk. Portland (Hist. MSS Comm. 1901) VII. 439 The Premier and his brother of All Souls called on me last week on their way to young Bromley's.

1727 Lady E. Lechmere in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. vi. 53 Our Premier..is in as great favour with the King as with the Queen.

1782 London Mag. Sept. 441/1 The premier, by means of Mr. Pitt, Lord Grantham, and Mr. Townshend, carried the vote.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 163 A shout More joyful than the city-roar that hails Premier or king!

1883 Brandon (Manitoba) Daily Mail 29 Jan. 2/1 It says that several of those roughly classed as Ministerialists will in all probability vote ‘no confidence’ in the present Premier.

1902 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 472 The colonial premiers of Canada and Australia..have set their face against any closer linkage of the Empire as a whole.

1916 A. Bridle Sons of Canada 14 It is of prime importance to remember how..so impersonal a figure ever came to be Premier of Canada.

1937 Our Land (United Tobacco Co.) 4 Groote Schuur, C[ape] P[rovince]. Built in the style of the best Cape-Dutch architecture this house was bequeathed to the nation as the official residence of the Premier of the Union.

1971 G. Brown In My Way v. 98 There is no provision in our constitutional system for a Deputy Prime Minister, and the First Secretaryship was a convenient way of indicating who was in fact deputy to the premier.

2003 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 17/1 British premiers won't get the chance to be immortalised as a character in The Simpsons very often. Tony Blair..knew an opportunity when he saw it.

b. The Prime Minister or head of government of a country other than the United Kingdom, a (former) British colony, or a member of the Commonwealth. Also used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a leader.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun]

premier1871

head of state1873

1871 Times 13 Oct. 3/4 Jiji Sanjo..is the son of an official who has been somewhat vaguely described as the Premier of Japan.

1904 K. Asakawa Russo-Japanese Conflict i. 69 Li Ching-fang..was received by the Japanese Plenipotentiaries, Count Itō, Premier, and Viscount Mutsu, Foreign Minister.

1942 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning (1943) 14 We sent Premier Stalin—for that I gather is how he wishes to be addressed..—exactly what he asked for.

1961 N.Y. Times 21 May iv. 1 Premier Khrushchev has made propaganda capital out of that fact.

1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 4/1 This is assumed to refer to some sort of demonstration similar to April's Peking riot by supporters of Teng and the late Premier Chou En-lai.

2003 New Internationalist Jan.–Feb. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 4/3 At the ASEAN summit in Cambodia in November, China—represented by its ‘market Leninist’ Premier, Zhu Rongji—took centre stage.

3. Australian, Canadian, and South African. The chief minister of the government of a state or province within a country.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > Commonwealth or (formerly) colonial prime minister > of a state or province of Australia or Canada

premier1853

1853 Hamilton (Canada) Gaz. 3 Oct. 2/6 In the prosecution of this singularly dignified scheme..the Premier scruples not to employ the influence which his position invests him with.

1902 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 3 Mar. Sir Albert Hime, the Natal Premier,..said..the Government had taken action.

1902 Parl. Deb. Austral. 1901–2 11 14528/2 Is it the case, as stated by the Premier of Queensland, that he (the Premier) has made repeated applications for a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditure of the departments transferred to the Commonwealth.

1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xi. 151 Look at the situation in the Province of Quebec! There the women have no vote. ‘We are Latins!’ their Premier exclaims.

1969 T. Jenkins We came to Austral. i. ii. 30 Australia has a Prime Minister in the capital, Canberra, but..each of its six States has its own ‘local’ Prime Minister, known as a Premier.

1988 S. Afr. Panorama Apr. 25/2 Merriman, then premier of the Cape colony, pledged 20 000 pounds to this end.

1994 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 25 Sept. 6 PWV Premier Tokyo Sexwale has enjoyed a very high media profile.

2005 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 7 Nov. a8 New Brunswick's premier wants to shut off the bay [sc. Passamaquoddy Bay] for United States usage.

4. U.S. (A title for) the Secretary of State. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > U.S. secretary of state

state secretary1771

premier1855

1855 N.Y. Herald 22 Nov. 4/4 The casting vote between the Premier and the Kitchen is subject to the caprices and vacillations of the President, whose official position makes him supreme over both the action of the premier and the counsels of the Kitchen.

1878 Harper's Mag. Mar. 490/2 The diplomatic anteroom, where foreign dignitaries await audience with the Premier, is handsome in its appointments.

1886 E. Alton Among Law-makers vii. 68 The Secretary of State..is sometimes (though not accurately) referred to as ‘The Premier’.

1905 Washington Post 21 Mar. 4 Elihu Root..is ideally equipped for the duties of the Department of State, but it is considered unlikely that he could be induced to return to the Cabinet, even as premier.

1925 W. H. Smith Hist. Cabinet U.S.A. 28 He [sc. the Secretary of State] is frequently spoken of as the ‘premier’ of the cabinet, but there is no such title or designation known to our laws.

Derivatives

ˈpremieral adj. rare of or relating to a premier.

ΚΠ

1894 Spectator 24 Mar. 400 Monarchy, now being replaced everywhere, more or less, by Premieral Government.

1999 R. Preece Animals & Nature vii. 199 At the prime ministerial palace, pet Himalayan pandas were kept in a cage... He positively enjoyed the premieral pandas.

premieˈress n. rare the wife of a premier.

ΚΠ

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Nov. 11 A gentleman who ‘goes regularly into Society’, ‘attends the Premieress's soirées’, and ‘knows all the best people’.

2001 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 17 Jan. f2 From Premier Ralph Klein and Premieress Colleen Klein, on down to the pluggers like me... you give your hard-earned money when there is a crisis in sight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	premier
释义	premieradj.n. Brit. /ˈprɛmɪə/, U.S. /priˈmɪ(ə)r/, /prəˈmɪ(ə)r/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s–1700s primier, 1500s prymier, 1600s primiere, 1600s– premier; Scottish pre-1700 prymior, pre-1700 1700s– premier. Also (in sense B.) with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French premier, primier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French premier (French premier ) first in a sequence or series (1119 in Anglo-Norman as primier; compare earlier primer primer adj.), earliest (1140 in Old French), first in quality (c1170), first or chief (1606 in premier président ) < classical Latin prīmārius of the first rank (see primary adj. and n.). Compare Old Occitan premier (a1126), primier (late 12th cent.). Compare earlier primer adj. (and the Romance parallels cited at that entry), primary adj., and later primar adj. Compare also première adj. and discussion at that entry. With use as noun compare primar n. 1, primary n., and primer n.³With sense A. 1b compare French premier ministre (1694) and also prime minister n. With sense B. 2a compare French premier (1909). In its phonological history this word has shown a broad variety of different realizations, showing both disyllabic and trisyllabic pronunciations, and with the position of the main stress varying between the first and second syllables. A. adj. 1. a. First in importance, rank, or position; chief, leading, foremost. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adjective] highestOE bestOE firstlOE greatest?c1225 of the besta1350 premiera1500 paramount1530 supremec1550 supreme1571 primer1589 top1647 nulli secundus1742 bestest1751 first class1819 beatemest1831 par excellence1839 première1844 first rate1853 beatenest1860 blue ribbon1860 optimum1885 optimal1890 class A1906 all-star1908 grade A1911 five-star1931 mostest1936 tip-topmost1937 the end1950 the most1953 a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 2 in Poems (1899) 13 (MED) Maisters Gower, Chauucer & Lydgate, Primier poetes of this nacion. 1530 Lett. & Papers Foreign & Domest. Henry VIII (1929) Add. I. i. 233 Sending unto youe nevertheles the copye of them [with] l'res of thankes to the Prymier President. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 335 The Captain of the primier band of the Vetasians. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 5 The Spaniard..challengeth the primier place in regard of..his dominions. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §293 303 One of the premier knights of the order of the garter. 1717 E. Fenton Poems 214 His Fate May raise him to be Premier Barde of State. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 39 Henry Beauchamp, son of Richard and Isabel, was at the age of nineteen created Premier Earl of England. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 198 The premier violin, master of the ceremonies and ballet-master. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Dec. 2/3 The six principal exports of Brazil... Coffee takes the premier place. 1905 Daily Chron. 6 Dec. 6/3 The Prime Minister is to be not only the premier Commoner, but to take precedence over all Dukes. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake p. ix State Senator Frederick C. Malkus, the region's premier turtle trapper, took me turkling, as that sport is called. 2005 Independent 7 June 51/4 A wide-hipped [surf] board..that became the prototype for the modern longboard and was the premier platform for hot dog surfing. b. premier minister n. = sense B. Also †minister premier.Not in current use with reference to the United Kingdom. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state prime minister1655 first minister1657 premier1675 premier ministera1678 vizier1709 Katikkiro1866 a1678 A. Marvell King's Vowes in Poems (1971) 174 Of my Pimp I will make my Minister Premier. 1686 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 501 The Countesse of Sunderland (whose Lord was now Secretary of State, Lord pres: of the Council, & premier Minister). 1691 T. Beverley Thousand Years' Kingdom 1 The Angel..was the Primier Minister of Prophecy from Christ, to the Apocalyptical Apostle John. 1731 J. Swift To Gay in Wks. (1735) II. 423 Thus Families, like R——ms, with equal Fate, May sink by premier Ministers of State. 1788 L. MacNally Critic Upon Critic 28 Each premier minister, How ever sinister, By help of fat contracts and places. 1857 Times 18 Apr. 10/2 One great reason why reorganized Austria makes so little real progress is that she has no Premier Minister. 1928 Eng. Hist. Rev. 43 386 Munnich, the man who had given the regency to Anne, and had been rewarded with the novel office of premier minister. 1959 Jrnl. Politics 21 217 A fully discretionary exercise of this prerogative is restricted only by the requirement for consultation with the Premier Minister and the Speakers of both chambers [of the French Republic]. 1990 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 50 347 From 1905 to 1920..the same Liberal Premier Minister, Lomer Gouin, won all his elections with 80 to 90 percent of the seats [in Quebec]. 2. First in time; earliest. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > first or prior to all others formec888 eldestc897 firstlOE originalc1350 foremosta1400 furthermost?a1400 primary?a1425 primatea1425 primea1500 arch1574 soon1591 origin1632 utter1634 premier1652 aboriginary1653 furthest1653 fontal1656 principial1699 première1768 protological1936 first-ever1955 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie To Rdr. sig. A4 Vouching the legal Interess of the English Nation, in Right of the first Discovery or Primier Seisin, to Estotiland. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 207 The primier Founder of this noble City is not agreed upon. 1740 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 105/1 Now if a primier Discovery confers a Right..then the Crown of England has an indisputable Right to the Sovereignty of those Countries in America. 1852 Househ. Words 5 190/1 Those premier pantaloons were snuff-coloured, buttoning over the jacket, and forming, with an extensive shirt frill, what was then called a ‘skeleton suit’. 1882 J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne II. xxvi. 28 The premier advertisement of opera in England. 1889 Queen 30 Mar. A woman, who, we may imagine, was no longer in her premier youth. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 6/1 The committee of the Post Office Savings Bank refreshment department have just issued their premier statement of accounts and balance-sheet. 1926 H. O. Osgood So this is Jazz xii. 133 Let me recall my premier hearing of that remarkable work. 1977 Belfast Tel. 27 Jan. 8/7 Lady De Ros..holds the premier barony in the UK—created in 1264. 1988 You/Verve (Toronto) Summer 58/2 There is a full day's ground training.., capped with your premier sky dive. B. n. Frequently with capital initial. 1. The first or chief minister of any ruler; the chief officer of an institution. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state prime minister1655 first minister1657 premier1675 premier ministera1678 vizier1709 Katikkiro1866 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society governora1325 principalc1325 master1389 warden1575 president1664 prime minister1694 premier1784 1675 in H. Paton Reg. Interments Greyfriars Burying-ground (1902) 136 Mr. William Colvin late premier in the college of Edinburgh. 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. i. ii. 23 I had rather be the poor Priest..than be Premier to the greatest Monarch. 1739 J. Hildrop Contempt of Clergy 61 He..makes him not only his Premier in Temporals, but his Vice-gerent in Spirituals. 1784 D. Herd Let. in Songs (1904) 50 I am determined to give up..this name of Premier [head of the Cape Club, Edinburgh]. 1913 Bulletin (San Francisco) 14 May 14/2 William Buckingham Ewing—the name sounds like that of some premier of a king's cabinet. 2. a. The first or chief minister of the Crown and leader of the administration in the United Kingdom or in (former) British colonies; a Prime Minister.This sense is no longer current in Australian, South African, and Canadian usage; cf. sense B. 3 and note s.v. prime minister n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > prime minister of Britain or (fomerly) British colony premier1726 1726 W. Stratford Let. 23 June in Rep. MSS Dk. Portland (Hist. MSS Comm. 1901) VII. 439 The Premier and his brother of All Souls called on me last week on their way to young Bromley's. 1727 Lady E. Lechmere in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. vi. 53 Our Premier..is in as great favour with the King as with the Queen. 1782 London Mag. Sept. 441/1 The premier, by means of Mr. Pitt, Lord Grantham, and Mr. Townshend, carried the vote. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 163 A shout More joyful than the city-roar that hails Premier or king! 1883 Brandon (Manitoba) Daily Mail 29 Jan. 2/1 It says that several of those roughly classed as Ministerialists will in all probability vote ‘no confidence’ in the present Premier. 1902 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 472 The colonial premiers of Canada and Australia..have set their face against any closer linkage of the Empire as a whole. 1916 A. Bridle Sons of Canada 14 It is of prime importance to remember how..so impersonal a figure ever came to be Premier of Canada. 1937 Our Land (United Tobacco Co.) 4 Groote Schuur, C[ape] P[rovince]. Built in the style of the best Cape-Dutch architecture this house was bequeathed to the nation as the official residence of the Premier of the Union. 1971 G. Brown In My Way v. 98 There is no provision in our constitutional system for a Deputy Prime Minister, and the First Secretaryship was a convenient way of indicating who was in fact deputy to the premier. 2003 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. 17/1 British premiers won't get the chance to be immortalised as a character in The Simpsons very often. Tony Blair..knew an opportunity when he saw it. b. The Prime Minister or head of government of a country other than the United Kingdom, a (former) British colony, or a member of the Commonwealth. Also used as a title prefixed to the surname of such a leader. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] premier1871 head of state1873 1871 Times 13 Oct. 3/4 Jiji Sanjo..is the son of an official who has been somewhat vaguely described as the Premier of Japan. 1904 K. Asakawa Russo-Japanese Conflict i. 69 Li Ching-fang..was received by the Japanese Plenipotentiaries, Count Itō, Premier, and Viscount Mutsu, Foreign Minister. 1942 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning (1943) 14 We sent Premier Stalin—for that I gather is how he wishes to be addressed..—exactly what he asked for. 1961 N.Y. Times 21 May iv. 1 Premier Khrushchev has made propaganda capital out of that fact. 1976 Daily Tel. 20 July 4/1 This is assumed to refer to some sort of demonstration similar to April's Peking riot by supporters of Teng and the late Premier Chou En-lai. 2003 New Internationalist Jan.–Feb. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 4/3 At the ASEAN summit in Cambodia in November, China—represented by its ‘market Leninist’ Premier, Zhu Rongji—took centre stage. 3. Australian, Canadian, and South African. The chief minister of the government of a state or province within a country. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > Commonwealth or (formerly) colonial prime minister > of a state or province of Australia or Canada premier1853 1853 Hamilton (Canada) Gaz. 3 Oct. 2/6 In the prosecution of this singularly dignified scheme..the Premier scruples not to employ the influence which his position invests him with. 1902 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 3 Mar. Sir Albert Hime, the Natal Premier,..said..the Government had taken action. 1902 Parl. Deb. Austral. 1901–2 11 14528/2 Is it the case, as stated by the Premier of Queensland, that he (the Premier) has made repeated applications for a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditure of the departments transferred to the Commonwealth. 1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks xi. 151 Look at the situation in the Province of Quebec! There the women have no vote. ‘We are Latins!’ their Premier exclaims. 1969 T. Jenkins We came to Austral. i. ii. 30 Australia has a Prime Minister in the capital, Canberra, but..each of its six States has its own ‘local’ Prime Minister, known as a Premier. 1988 S. Afr. Panorama Apr. 25/2 Merriman, then premier of the Cape colony, pledged 20 000 pounds to this end. 1994 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 25 Sept. 6 PWV Premier Tokyo Sexwale has enjoyed a very high media profile. 2005 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 7 Nov. a8 New Brunswick's premier wants to shut off the bay [sc. Passamaquoddy Bay] for United States usage. 4. U.S. (A title for) the Secretary of State. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > U.S. secretary of state state secretary1771 premier1855 1855 N.Y. Herald 22 Nov. 4/4 The casting vote between the Premier and the Kitchen is subject to the caprices and vacillations of the President, whose official position makes him supreme over both the action of the premier and the counsels of the Kitchen. 1878 Harper's Mag. Mar. 490/2 The diplomatic anteroom, where foreign dignitaries await audience with the Premier, is handsome in its appointments. 1886 E. Alton Among Law-makers vii. 68 The Secretary of State..is sometimes (though not accurately) referred to as ‘The Premier’. 1905 Washington Post 21 Mar. 4 Elihu Root..is ideally equipped for the duties of the Department of State, but it is considered unlikely that he could be induced to return to the Cabinet, even as premier. 1925 W. H. Smith Hist. Cabinet U.S.A. 28 He [sc. the Secretary of State] is frequently spoken of as the ‘premier’ of the cabinet, but there is no such title or designation known to our laws. Derivatives ˈpremieral adj. rare of or relating to a premier. ΚΠ 1894 Spectator 24 Mar. 400 Monarchy, now being replaced everywhere, more or less, by Premieral Government. 1999 R. Preece Animals & Nature vii. 199 At the prime ministerial palace, pet Himalayan pandas were kept in a cage... He positively enjoyed the premieral pandas. premieˈress n. rare the wife of a premier. ΚΠ 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Nov. 11 A gentleman who ‘goes regularly into Society’, ‘attends the Premieress's soirées’, and ‘knows all the best people’. 2001 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 17 Jan. f2 From Premier Ralph Klein and Premieress Colleen Klein, on down to the pluggers like me... you give your hard-earned money when there is a crisis in sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). premierv. Brit. /ˈprɛmɪə/, U.S. /priˈmɪ(ə)r/, /prəˈmɪ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: premier n. Etymology: < premier n. rare. intransitive and transitive. To act as premier; to govern as prime minister. ΚΠ a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 254 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, To watch an' premier owre the pack vile! 1914 I. L. Gordon Who was Who 5000 B.C. to Date 49 Gladstone, W. E., a grand old man who twice premiered England, chopped trees, and failed to make accurate measurements with the Irish home rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1500v.a1796
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