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单词 premier
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premier

adjective
 
/ˈpremiə(r)/
/prɪˈmɪr/
[only before noun]
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  1. most important, famous or successful
    • one of the country’s premier chefs
    • (British English, sport) the Premier League/Division
    Extra Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Successc1
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.

premier

noun
/ˈpremiə(r)/
/prɪˈmɪr/
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  1. used especially in newspapers, etc. to mean ‘prime minister’
    Extra Examples
    • She was sworn in as premier last week.
    • 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
    • …
    verb + premier
    • appoint (somebody)
    • appoint somebody as
    • elect (somebody)
    • …
    preposition
    • as premier
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  2. (in Canada) the first minister of a province or territoryTopics Politicsc2
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.
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