Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification. / Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.

(A status, section, etc which is of) premier rank. / (Ireland) the third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.

The first language one is taught to speak; one's native language. / The language one feels most comfortable and capable with. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, language.

(singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. / (singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near first base.

The winning situation in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins. / The first damage or reverse inflicted on an opponent in a conflict.

plural of first woman

prima donna / The biblical Eve

(cinematography) The team that shoots footage which is of primary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, including all scenes involving actors, or at least stars of the motion picture.

(US, education) The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.