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Principal (school) — Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an elementary school, middle school, or high school in some English speaking countries, including the United States and Australia. Public schools in the United States… … Wikipedia
headmaster — [hed′mas΄tər] n. in certain schools, esp. private schools for boys, the man in charge of the school; principal headmastership n … English World dictionary
Principal Kuno — Infobox animanga character color = blue name = Principal Kuno series = Ranma ½ caption = Principal Kuno in the anime first = Volume 11 last = creator = Rumiko Takahashi voiced by = Tatsuyuki Jinnai (Japanese) Scott McNeil (English) alias =… … Wikipedia
principal - headmaster — In Britain, the teacher in charge of a school is called the headmaster or headmistress. In America, these terms refer only to teachers in charge of private schools. The teacher in charge of any other kind of school is called the principal. In… … Useful english dictionary
headmaster — I headmaster, headmistress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. principal. See school. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dean, director, superintendent; see administrator , principal … English dictionary for students
principal — 1. adjective the principal cause of poor air quality Syn: main, chief, primary, leading, foremost, first, first line, most important, predominant, dominant, (most) prominent; key, crucial, vital, essential, basic, prime, central … Thesaurus of popular words
principal — principalship, n. /prin seuh peuhl/, adj. 1. first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost. 2. of, of the nature of, or constituting principal or capital: a principal investment. 3. Geom. (of an axis of a conic) passing… … Universalium
headmaster */ — UK [ˌhedˈmɑːstə(r)] / US [ˈhedˌmæstər] noun [countable] Word forms headmaster : singular headmaster plural headmasters British a male teacher who is in charge of a school. A more usual word is headteacher. The usual American word is principal … English dictionary
principal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chief, leader, head; constituent, client; buyer, seller; capital, corpus. See money. adj. foremost, chief, prime, greatest, main, leading. See importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. leading, chief,… … English dictionary for students
principal — adj 1. chief, prime, paramount; most important, first, highest, leading; main, major, cardinal, supreme; superlative, best, crowning, acmic, ac matic, summital; greatest, maximal, nonpareil, unparalleled, matchless, peerless; utmost, uppermost,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
