prime minister
noun
1
: the chief minister of a ruler or state
2
: the official head of a cabinet or ministry
especially
: the chief executive of a parliamentary government
prime ministerial
adjective
prime ministership
noun
prime ministry
noun
Examples of prime minister in a Sentence
the Prime Minister of England
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Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister Gandhi rose to power suddenly after Lal Bahadur Shastri died in 1966.
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Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Ireland’s prime minister, for example, specifically cited his country’s lengthy and traumatic struggle for independence from Britain, and the shadow of the decades-long spasm of sectarian violence known as the Troubles, which subsided with the Good Friday peace accords in 1998.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
Ireland’s prime minister, for example, specifically cited his country’s lengthy and traumatic struggle for independence from Britain, and the shadow of the decades-long spasm of sectarian violence known as the Troubles, which subsided with the Good Friday peace accords in 1998.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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“Prime minister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20minister. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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