premiership

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premiership¹

noun premierships

  1. The office of a premier or prime minister. There is a familiar pattern that has come to define Theresa May’s premiership. Encouraging rhetoric gets periodically wheeled out: the pledges to ease the burden on the “just about managing”; the promises to fight the “burning injustices” of social inequality. But then a few weeks later, the chancel
  2. Australia The position held by the champion team at the end of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football).

Similar: prime ministership, championship, title

Premiership²

  • /ˈpɹɛmɪəʃɪp/ UK
  • /-mjə-/ UK

proper noun the Premiership

  1. UK The Premier League of English association football.
  2. UK Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union.

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Closest in meaning: cabinet, mandate, chairmanship, presidency, presidential, prime, presidium, periodic, ultra, office, chiu, fa cup, primeira liga, beautiful game, bundesliga, playoff

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noun office of a premier or prime minister

中文總理任期 /总理任期 zǒnglǐ rènqī, 首相任期 shǒuxiàng rènqī
Ελληνικάπρωθυπουργία prothypourgía

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@misc{premiership_2026,
  title = {premiership},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/premiership},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}