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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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... to Elizabeth there are three pleasing subordinate lady attendants, two to the left and one to the right of the principal figures; but these figures themselves are not satisfactory. There is no fresco background. Some of the figures have real ...
— Essays on Life, Art and Science • Samuel Butler
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... encompassed them with strong walls, that were very large also, and put garrisons into them, that they might issue out of them, and do mischief to the Jews. He also fortified the citadel at Jerusalem more than all the rest. Moreover, he took the sons of the principal Jews as pledges, and shut them up in the citadel, and in that manner ...
— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus
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... come out. He didn't go and he was ready to hurt them when they come in. He told them when he finished that crop they could have his room. He left that year. They come in on me once before I married. I was at my girl's house. They wanted to be sure we married. The principal thing they was to see was that you didn't live in the house wid a woman till you be married. I wasn't married but I soon did marry her. ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration
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... diverged from the road into the wood-path, she plunged into the subject of her companion's election prospects. How many meetings did he find that he must hold in the month? What places did he regard as his principal strongholds? She was told that certain villages, which she named, were certain to go Radical, whatever might be the Tory promises. As to a well-known Conservative League, which was very strong in ...
— Marcella • Mrs. Humphry Ward
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... line, where they partially intrenched themselves, enabling Sir Douglas Haig with the First Corps gradually to withdraw to the new position; and he effected this without much further loss, reaching the line Bavai-Maubeuge about 7 P. M. Toward midday the enemy appeared to be directing his principal ...
— World's War Events, Vol. I • Various
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