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1
coming before all others in time or order
- a space shuttle on its premier voyage
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2
highest in rank or authority
- the premier authority on butterflies
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- main,
- major,
- paramount,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- sovereign
- (also sovran)
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3
coming before all others in importance
- the premier social occasion of the summer season
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- arch,
- big,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- chief,
- dominant,
- first,
- foremost,
- grand,
- great,
- greatest,
- highest,
- key,
- leading,
- main,
- master,
- number one
- (also No. 1),
- numero uno,
- overbearing,
- overmastering,
- overriding,
- paramount,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- primal,
- primary,
- principal,
- prior,
- sovereign
- (also sovran),
- supreme
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