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premie

premie is the alternative spelling of preemie.

Meaning of preemie

Noun

preemie (plural preemies)

  1. (informal) A baby that has been born prematurely.
    • Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal death, and preemies who survive are at risk for lifelong health problems.2003 February 10, David Bjerklie, “A Campaign For Preemies”, in Time, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2011
    Synonyms:
    pretermer

Noun

premie (plural premies)

  1. A follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957).
    • As telescoped conversationally by American premies, Guru Maharaj Ji's name is pronounced […]1974, H W Wilson Company, Current biography
    • Armed with the knowledge of his own private God, a premie should be able, according to the guru, to handle any situation with maturity […]1977, Carroll Stoner, Jo Anne Parke, All gods' children: the cult experience—salvation or slavery?

Forms of premie

pluralpremies

Origin of premie

From Prem + -ie.

Questions about premie

What does premie mean?
Premie means a follower of the controversial spiritual leader Prem Rawat (born 1957).
What is premie the alternative spelling of?
Premie is the alternative spelling of preemie.
What part of speech is premie?
Premie is a noun.
What is the plural of premie?
The plural of premie is premies.

Words near premie in the dictionary

  1. premiation
  2. premice
  3. premicellar
  4. premicturition
  5. premidnight
  6. premie
  7. premier
  8. premier cricket
  9. premier danseur
  10. premier jus
  11. Premier League

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Adapted from Wiktionary: premie (page history and authors); preemie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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