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principal 1. (in Britain) a civil servant of an executive grade who is in charge of a section 2. Law a. a person who engages another to act as his agent b. an active participant in a crime c. the person primarily liable to fulfil an obligation 3. the head of a school or other educational institution 4. (in Scottish schools) a head of department 5. Music a. the chief instrumentalist in a section of the orchestra b. one of the singers in an opera company c. either of two types of open diapason organ stops, one of four-foot length and pitch and the other of eight-foot length and pitch 6. the leading performer in a play How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A BIG Nation having a quarrel with a Little Nation, resolved to terrify its antagonist by a grand naval demonstration in the latter's principal port. This center, formed of indefinite molecules, began to revolve around its own axis during its gradual condensation; then, following the immutable laws of mechanics, in proportion as its bulk diminished by condensation, its rotary motion became accelerated, and these two effects continuing, the result was the formation of one principal star, the center of the nebulous mass. On one side of the principal room are the sleeping berths and the fire-place. |
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