pre·mier (pr?-mîr?, -myîr?, pr??mîr)adj.1. First in status or importance; principal or chief: an architect of premier rank.2. First to occur or exist; earliest.n. (pr?-mîr?)1. A prime minister.2. A chief administrative officer, as of a Canadian province.[Middle English primier, from Old French, from Latin pr?m?rius, from pr?mus, first; see per in Indo-European roots.]pre·mier?ship? n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.premier (?pr?mj?) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for prime minister2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the heads of governments of the Canadian provinces and the Australian states3. (General Sporting Terms) (plural) Austral the winners of a premiershipadj (prenominal) 4. first in importance, rank, etc5. first in occurrence; earliest[C15: from Old French: first, from Latin pr?m?rius principal, from pr?mus first]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014pre?mier (pr??m??r, -?my??r, ?pri m??r) n. 1. the head of the cabinet in France and certain other countries; prime minister. 2. (in Canada) the head of a provincial government. adj. 3. first in rank; chief; leading. 4. first in time; earliest. v.t., v.i. 5. premiere. Also, premiere. [1400?50; late Middle English prim(i)er, premer (adj.)