premier

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: prem=ier

CIDE DICTIONARY

premier, a. [F. premier, fr. L. primarius of the first rank, principal, fr. primus the first. See Primary, Prime, a.].

•  First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.  Camden. Swift.  [1913 Webster]
•  Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.  [1913 Webster]

premier, n. 

 The first minister of state; the prime minister.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

premier, n. & adj.
--n. a prime minister or other head of government.
--adj.
1 first in importance, order, or time.
2 of earliest creation (premier earl).

Derivative

premiership n.

Etymology

ME f. OF = first, f. L (as PRIMARY)

THESAURUS

premier

PM, all-absorbing, arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chancellor, chief, chief executive, chief of state, controlling, dewan, doge, dominant, first, foremost, front, grand vizier, head, head of state, highest, highest-ranking, leading, maiden, main, master, overriding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, president, primary, prime, prime minister, principal, ranking, supreme, top, top-ranking, topmost, uppermost

ROGET THESAURUS

premier

Director

N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.

Deputy

N deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary, regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar, premier, chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul, viceroy, commissioner, Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu, plenipotentiary, alter ego, team, eight, eleven, champion, acting, vice, vice regal, accredited to, in behalf of.