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foremost

 
 
/ˈfɔːməʊst/ adjective, adverb formal

Translation

most important
önde gelen, en önemli
He's one of the country's foremost experts on military law.1770
(Definition of foremost adjectiveadverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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