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Principal   /prˈɪnsəpəl/   Listen
Principal

adjective
1.
Most important element.  Synonyms: chief, main, master, primary.  "The main doors were of solid glass" , "The principal rivers of America" , "The principal example" , "Policemen were primary targets" , "The master bedroom" , "A master switch"
noun
1.
The original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated.
2.
The educator who has executive authority for a school.  Synonyms: head, head teacher, school principal.
3.
An actor who plays a principal role.  Synonyms: lead, star.
4.
Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it.  Synonyms: corpus, principal sum.
5.
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement.
6.
The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account.  Synonym: dealer.



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"Principal" Quotes from Famous Books



... candidates for its privileges and opportunities. It was the opening-day after the conclusion of the Christmas holidays; and half a dozen boys, besides Theodore Yorke and Jim, had presented themselves as new scholars, and they now stood before the principal,—Theodore at one end of the line, ...
— Uncle Rutherford's Nieces - A Story for Girls • Joanna H. Mathews
... may be that The Mettle of the Pasture will live and become a part of our literature; it certainly will live far beyond the allotted term of present-day fiction. Our principal concern is that it is a notable novel, that it ranks high in the range of American and English fiction, and that it is worth the reading, the re-reading, and the continuous appreciation of those who care for modern literature at its ...
— The Romance of a Plain Man • Ellen Glasgow
... enthusiasm what they lacked in science, and by five o'clock the pig was cut up and distributed through a score of homes. Every trace of the slaughter was removed, and the refuse buried in the village midden, and pork was the principal article on the breakfast table ...
— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh
... on "Byeways in Palestine" are compiled from notes of certain journeys made during many years' residence in that country; omitting the journeys made upon beaten roads, and through the principal towns, for the mere ...
— Byeways in Palestine • James Finn
... his second term as President took place at the time appointed, on March 4, 1865. There is little variation in the simple but impressive pageantry with which the ceremony is celebrated. The principal novelty commented on by the newspapers was the share which the people who had up to that time been slaves, had for the first time in this public and political drama. Associations of negro citizens joined in the procession, and ...
— The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln • Helen Nicolay


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