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prime minister 
1 the chief executive of the government of Canada; the first minister of the federal government and, in practice, the leader of the party in power.
See also: premier (def. 2)
- 1853 The Prime Minister of her Majesty's Canadian Government, associates himself with a Toronto stock jobber, to raise the wind on a parcel of civic debentures.
- 1965 He said the Prime Minister accepted with the proviso that he would attend if something did not turn up.
2 the chief executive of a provincial government, now usually referred to as premier (def. 1).
- 1885 [He] was Prime Minister of Can. from May, 1862, to March, 1864; and first Prime Minister of his native Province after Confederation.
- 1960 The "Sorry for the Inconvenience" signs and the king-size coloured pix of our "Prime Minister" (by Royal assent & chop-stick OK) all added to the gay mood of the assemblage. . . .
- 1966 [He] wants to know how come John Robarts calls himself Prime Minister instead of Premier of Ontario (because pre-Confederation practice sanctions it).
- 1853 The Prime Minister of her Majesty's Canadian Government, associates himself with a Toronto stock jobber, to raise the wind on a parcel of civic debentures.