Principal |
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. |
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Principal |
Of or pertaining to a prince; princely. |
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Principal |
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. |
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Principal |
The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory. |
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Principal |
A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety. |
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