All 4 Uses of
principal
in
Hard Times
- A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- He turned from his own class and his own quarter, taking nothing but a little bread as he walked along, towards the hill on which his principal employer lived, in a red house with black outside shutters, green inside blinds, a black street door, up two white steps, BOUNDERBY (in letters very like himself) upon a brazen plate, and a round brazen door-handle underneath it, like a brazen full-stop.†
Chpt 1.11
- Went to Westminster School as a King's Scholar, when I was principally living on garbage, and sleeping in market baskets.†
Chpt 2.7
- CHAPTER IV — LOST THE robbery at the Bank had not languished before, and did not cease to occupy a front place in the attention of the principal of that establishment now.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
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(principal) most important; or person who is most importantThe exact meaning of principal can depend upon its context. For example:
- "the principal idea" or "the principal performer" -- the most important
- "the principal of the school" -- the person in charge
- "a principal of a company" -- an owner or person with controlling authority
- "the principal in a transaction" (as contrasted to the agent) -- the person on whose behalf an agent acts