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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".

From BBC

If chosen, he would become principal advisor to the alliance’s secretary general.

From The Wall Street Journal

The four principal characters are perfectly balanced, but above all, it’s the players who make the magic.

From Los Angeles Times

Requirements to obtain a certified license included proof of name and birth date, SSN, address of principal residence and status of citizenship.

From Salon

In a Facebook post, the school expressed its "deepest condolences" over the principal's death.

From BBC