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Principal
Principal
a.
Highest
in
rank
,
authority
,
character
,
importance
, or
degree
;
most
considerable
or
important
;
chief
;
main
; as,
the
principal
officers
of a
Government
;
the
principal
men
of a
state
;
the
principal
productions
of a
country
;
the
principal
arguments
in a
case
.
Principal
a.
Of or
pertaining
to a
prince
;
princely
.
Principal
n.
A
leader
,
chief
, or
head
;
one
who
takes
the
lead
;
one
who
acts
independently
, or
who
has
controlling
authority
or
influence
; as,
the
principal
of a
faction
, a
school
, a
firm
,
etc
.;
distinguished
from
a
subordinate
,
abettor
,
auxiliary
, or
assistant
.
Principal
n.
The
chief
actor
in a
crime
, or an
abettor
who
is
present
at it,
as
distinguished
from
an
accessory
.
Principal
n.
A
chief
obligor
,
promisor
, or
debtor
,
as
distinguished
from
a
surety
.
Principal
n.
One
who
employs
another
to
act
for
him
,
as
distinguished
from
an
agent
.
Principal
n.
A
thing
of
chief
or
prime
importance
;
something
fundamental
or
especially
conspicuous
.
Principal
n.
A
capital
sum
of
money
,
placed
out
at
interest
,
due
as a
debt
or
used
as a
fund
;
so
called
in
distinction
from
interest
or
profit
.
Principal
n.
The
construction
which
gives
shape
and
strength
to a
roof
,
generally
a
truss
of
timber
or
iron
,
but
there
are
roofs
with
stone
principals
.
Also
,
loosely
,
the
most
important
member
of a
piece
of
framing
.
Principal
n.
In
English
organs
the
chief
open
metallic
stop
, an
octave
above
the
open
diapason
. On
the
manual
it is
four
feet
long
, on
the
pedal
eight
feet
. In
Germany
this
term
corresponds
to
the
English
open
diapason
.
Principal
n.
A
heirloom
; a
mortuary
.
Principal
n.
The
first
two
long
feathers
of a
hawk
's
wing
.
Principal
n.
One
of
turrets
or
pinnacles
of
waxwork
and
tapers
with
which
the
posts
and
center
of a
funeral
hearse
were
formerly
crowned
.
Principal
n.
A
principal
or
essential
point
or
rule
; a
principle
.
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