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PRIME MINISTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person who is head of government (in several countries)
Synonyms:
chancellor; premier; prime minister
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prime minister" is a kind of...):
chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prime minister"):
taoiseach (the prime minister of the Irish Republic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Synonyms:
PM; premier; Prime Minister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Prime Minister" is a kind of...):
chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)
Holonyms ("Prime Minister" is a member of...):
British Cabinet (the senior ministers of the British government)
Context examples:
Each member of the Cabinet was informed of it yesterday, but the pledge of secrecy which attends every Cabinet meeting was increased by the solemn warning which was given by the Prime Minister.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Prime Minister nodded his acquiescence.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Jacobs, will you ask the Prime Minister to come up?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You will be relieved to hear that there will be no war, that the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope will suffer no setback in his brilliant career, that the indiscreet Sovereign will receive no punishment for his indiscretion, that the Prime Minister will have no European complication to deal with, and that with a little tact and management upon our part nobody will be a penny the worse for what might have been a very ugly incident.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
