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Premiere   /prɛmˈɪr/   Listen
noun
Premiere  n.  (pl. premieres)  
1.
The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast.
2.
A first performance, as of a play; a first night.



verb
premiere  v. t.  
1.
To perform (a play, ballet, or composition) for the first time.
Synonyms: premier.



premiere  v. i.  
1.
To be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet, composition, movie, or other literary work.
Synonyms: premier.



adjective
Premiere  adj.  First; chief; as, a premiere danseuse.






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"Premiere" Quotes from Famous Books



... want to see le premiere danseuse du siecle!" he commented, as he entered the sitting-room of ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell

... still more intimately (and the occasion of his writing is some thrill of gratitude towards one who had at last done 'a little justice,' not to himself, but to Manet): Eh bien! on m'accuse, moi, d'imiter Edgar Poe! Savez-vous pourquoi j'ai si patiemment traduit Poe? Parce qu'il me ressemblait. La premiere fois que j'ai ouvert un livre de lui, j'ai vu avec epouvante et ravissement, non seulement des sujets reves par moi, mais des phrases, pensees par moi, et ecrites par lui, vingt ans auparavant. It is in such glimpses as ...
— Figures of Several Centuries • Arthur Symons

... up my mind that she was, at least, a woman of taste, when she approached me with the utmost sang-froid, and cried— "Bon soir, Monsieur ——; je viens d'acheter tous vos livres, et je compte profiter de la premiere occasion pour les lire!" ...
— Recollections of Europe • J. Fenimore Cooper

... thrill of gratitude towards one who had at last done 'a little justice,' not to himself, but to Manet): Eh bien! on m'accuse, moi, d'imiter Edgar Poe! Savez-vous pourquoi j'ai si patiemment traduit Poe? Parce qu'il me ressemblait. La premiere fois que j'ai ouvert un livre de lui, j'ai vu avec epouvante et ravissement, non seulement des sujets reves par moi, mais des phrases, pensees par moi, et ecrites par lui, vingt ans auparavant. It is in such glimpses as these that we see something ...
— Figures of Several Centuries • Arthur Symons

... divins esprits Qui ont sous toy Hebrieu langage apris, Nous sont jettes les Pseaumes en lumiere Clairs, et au sens de la forme premiere. ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) - Edited, With Memoir And Notes, By His Son, The Earl Of Beaconsfield • Isaac D'Israeli


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