All 16 Uses
principal
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Warriors Don't Cry
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- "The principal's office is this way," whispered a petite woman with dark hair and glasses.†
p. 72.6principal = most important; or person that is most important
- In the daylight, I recognized Mrs. Huckaby, Central High's vice-principal for girls, who had been present at several of our earlier meetings with the school board.†
p. 72.9
- "This is Jess Matthews, the principal," she said.†
p. 72.9
- "If you move, you move to the office and see the principal," she said without so much as a hint of compromise in her voice.†
p. 78.7
- To the principal's office," she called out nervously.†
p. 79.7
- Principal Jess Matthews greeted us with a forced smile on his face and directed us to our classrooms.†
p. 96.4 *
- I was looking forward to being with my friends, with people I could talk to and laugh with, but Danny said we had been summoned to the vice-principal's office.†
p. 99.3
- We moved up to the second floor and into the office, where I was met by Carlotta, Thelma, and Mrs. Huckaby, the girls' vice-principal.†
p. 99.4
- I said take the seat over there or see the principal.†
p. 102.9
- As some of the students continued their catcalls, I fought back tears and headed down the stairs to the principal's office.†
p. 108.5
- I thought about what Danny had said as we walked to the principal's office to prepare to leave school.†
p. 113.4
- We had come to believe that the vice-principal for girls, Mrs. Huckaby, made some efforts to be fair during these situations, but she was nowhere in sight.†
p. 149.6
- Afterward a group of perhaps fifty students gathered outside the principal's office to shout cheers for the douser, saying he had paid her back.†
p. 158.5
- One day, Terrence's mother rushed into the principal's office, having been called and told her son was seriously injured, only to find the call had been a hoax.†
p. 159.2
- There were also several times I thought about sassing adults back, mostly teachers and principals at school.†
p. 189.9principals = most important; or people that are most important
- PRINCIPAL MATTHEWS SAYS HE WILL NOT REVEAL GRADES BUT CONFIRMS GREEN WILL GRADUATE.†
p. 212.1principal = most important; or person that is most important
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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for specialized senses in finance, architecture, law, chemistry, and music.