All 22 Uses of
principal
in
Not Without My Daughter
- Their principal product was deodorant, although it was never evident at Ameh Bozorg's house.†
principal = most important; or person that is most important
- I was determined that Mahtob would begin first grade in America, but I held my tongue as Moody conversed with the principal, translating my questions.†
- Moody explained that he wanted Mahtob to start the very next day, but the principal said there was a six-month waiting list.†
- In the office Mahtob and I stood by apprehensively as Moody spoke to the principal, a woman who clutched her black chador tightly around her face with both hands.†
- Moody spoke further with the principal.†
- "Khanum Shaheen she is the principal will show you," he said to me.†
- Finally the principal relented.†
- Rather, when Moody returned, his anger was directed more at me than at Mahtob, for the principal had demanded something of him that he did not want to give.†
- But the principal, with a kind, soft word, beckoned again, insisting.†
- The principal sat in one corner of the room doing, it seemed, nothing.†
- The principal says that everybody really wants to know English.†
- To my surprise, I learned one day that Mrs. Azahr had once been principal of a school herself.†
- These new principals were generally younger and less schooled, but possessed the religious zeal that had now become the first priority of government.†
*principals = most important; or people that are most important
- The principal raised her head and clicked her tongue.†
principal = most important; or person that is most important
- Ellen and Hormoz spoke with the principal for many minutes, confirming the details of my story.†
- Hormoz said something to her in Farsi, and the principal's countenance darkened.†
- As the words came through to me, they reflected a solemn, even angered, change in the principal's demeanor.†
- "We do not know anything," the principal repeated.†
- But the atmosphere did not seem to affect the principal, a grouchy old woman wearing a chador who eyed us warily "We want to enroll our daughter here," Moody told her in Farsi.†
- "Oh!" the principal said.†
- The principal covered the essentials with us.†
- Then the principal made an impassioned plea for donations from the parents.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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