Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
2004, Philip Moore, Scouting an Anthropology of Sport, Anthropologica, Volume 46, Number 1, Canadian Anthropology Society, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Lkc81fu3ohYC&pg=PA40&dq=%22premier%22|%22premiers%22+australia+-intitle:%22pr…
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(heraldry) Most ancient; first to hold a specified status.
: This failure, for a team associated with one of the premier Australian Rules Football teams with the longest of traditions, is truly enormous.
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(politics, UK, Westminster system) The head of government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
1983, Guo Zhou, China & the World, Volume 4, Beijing Review, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lyUOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22premier%22|%22premiers%22+-intitle:%22premier|premiers%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22premier%22|%22premiers%22+-intitle:%22pr…
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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