"principal" meaning in English

See principal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/, /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ Audio: en-us-principal.ogg [US], en-au-principal.ogg [Australia] Forms: more principal [comparative], most principal [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|principal}} Middle English principal, {{der|en|fro|principal}} Old French principal, {{der|en|la|prīncipālis}} Latin prīncipālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} principal (comparative more principal, superlative most principal)
  1. Primary; most important; first level in importance. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (primary): chief, main, primary Translations (primary, main): κεφάλαιος (kephálaios) (Ancient Greek), رَئِيسِيّ (raʔīsiyy) (Arabic), гало́ўны (halóŭny) [masculine] (Belarusian), асно́ўны (asnóŭny) (Belarusian), гла́вен (gláven) (Bulgarian), осно́вен (osnóven) (Bulgarian), အဓိက (a.dhi.ka.) (Burmese), 主要 (zhǔyào) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavní (Czech), voornaamste (Dutch), precipa (Esperanto), pää- (Finnish), principal (French), principal [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ძირითადი (ʒiritadi) (Georgian), მთავარი (mtavari) (Georgian), hauptsächlich (German), Haupt- (German), wesentlich (German), בָּכִיר (bachír) [masculine] (Hebrew), (Hungarian), legfontosabb (Hungarian), höfuð- (Icelandic), aðal- (Icelandic), principale (Italian), 主要な (shuyōna) (alt: しゅような) (Japanese), 주요하다 (juyohada) (Korean), potissimus (Latin), главен (glaven) (Macedonian), aporei (Maori), pekepoho (Maori), matua (Maori), tino (Maori), प्रधान (pradhān) (Nepali), prîncipal (Norman), prímda (Old Irish), główny (Polish), podstawowy (Polish), principal (Portuguese), principal (Romanian), гла́вный (glávnyj) (Russian), основно́й (osnovnój) (Russian), гла̀внӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), glàvnī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hlavný (Slovak), gláven (Slovene), principal (Spanish), mkuu (Swahili), huvudsaklig (Swedish), головни́й (holovnýj) (Ukrainian), основни́й (osnovnýj) (Ukrainian), chủ yếu (Vietnamese), chính (Vietnamese), פּרינציפּאַל (printsipal) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-adj-3AWQc4w2 Disambiguation of People: 13 0 1 0 7 16 16 7 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 18 Disambiguation of 'primary': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'primary, main': 100 0 0
  2. (obsolete, Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely. Tags: Latinism, obsolete
    Sense id: en-principal-en-adj-l3vfUAYE
  3. (mathematics) Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-principal-en-adj-EXh9bHVs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 2 61 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: principall [obsolete] Related terms: principally

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/, /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ Audio: en-us-principal.ogg [US], en-au-principal.ogg [Australia] Forms: principals [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|principal}} Middle English principal, {{der|en|fro|principal}} Old French principal, {{der|en|la|prīncipālis}} Latin prīncipālis Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} principal (countable and uncountable, plural principals)
  1. (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Coordinate_terms (original money invested or loaned): interest Translations (money originally invested or loaned): κεφάλαιον (kephálaion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), осно́вен капита́л (osnóven kapitál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 本金 (běnjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), (počáteční) vklad [masculine] (Czech), (původní) půjčka [feminine] (Czech), hovedstol [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdsom (Dutch), kapitalo (Esperanto), pääoma (Finnish), principal [masculine] (French), ძირი თანხა (ʒiri tanxa) (Georgian), αρχικό κεφάλαιο (archikó kefálaio) [neuter] (Greek), tőke (Hungarian), kölcsöntőke (Hungarian), capitale [masculine] (Italian), 元金 (gankin) (alt: がんきん) (Japanese), ទុន (tun) (Khmer), 원금 (won'geum) (alt: 元金) (Korean), kapitalas (Lithuanian), bun-argid [masculine] (Manx), tahua more (Maori), साँवा (sā̃wā) (Nepali), سرمایه (sermaye) (Ottoman Turkish), kapitał [masculine] (Polish), principal (Portuguese), основно́й долг (osnovnój dolg) [masculine] (Russian), основна́я су́мма (osnovnája súmma) [feminine] (Russian), capital [masculine] (Spanish), kapitalbelopp [neuter] (Swedish), kapital [neuter] (Swedish), huvudstol [common-gender] (Swedish), капіта́л (kapitál) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-en:finance Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'original money invested or loaned': 44 6 6 18 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 3 4 Disambiguation of 'money originally invested or loaned': 71 2 2 9 0 2 2 2 2 1 4 0 1 2 0
  2. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The chief administrator of a school. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms (school administrator): headteacher [neuter], headmaster [masculine], headmistress [feminine] Coordinate_terms (school administrator): master, mistress, headteacher Translations (chief administrator of a school): مُدِير (mudīr) [masculine] (Arabic), مُدِيرَة (mudīra) [feminine] (Arabic), дырэ́ктар (dyréktar) [masculine] (Belarusian), дырэ́ктарка (dyréktarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), প্রধান শিক্ষক (prodhan śikkhok) (Bengali), মুহতামিম (muhtamim) (Bengali), дире́ктор (diréktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дире́кторка (diréktorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကျောင်းအုပ် (kyaung:up) (Burmese), ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး (kyaung:upkri:) (Burmese), director [masculine] (Catalan), directora [feminine] (Catalan), 校長 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 校长 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 校長 (Chinese Cantonese), 校长 (haau⁶ zoeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 校長 (Chinese Mandarin), 校长 (xiàozhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), ředitel (školy) [masculine] (Czech), schoolhoofd (Dutch), rector (Dutch), lernejestro (Esperanto), rehtori (Finnish), johtajaopettaja (note: in a small school) (Finnish), directeur [masculine] (French), directrice [feminine] (French), principal (collège) [masculine] (French), proviseur [masculine] (French), proviseure (lycée) [feminine] (French), დირექტორი (direkṭori) (Georgian), Rektor [masculine] (German), Rektorin [feminine] (German), Schulvorsteher [masculine] (German), Schulvorsteherin [feminine] (German), Schuldirektor [masculine] (German), Schuldirektorin [feminine] (German), Schulleiter [masculine] (German), Schulleiterin [feminine] (German), διευθυντής (diefthyntís) [masculine] (Greek), atuarfiit pisortaat (Greenlandic), atuarfiup pisortaa (Greenlandic), מְנַהֵל (menahél) [masculine] (Hebrew), מְנַהֶלֶת (menahélet) [masculine] (Hebrew), igazgató (Hungarian), iskolaigazgató (Hungarian), skólastjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), skólameistari [masculine] (Icelandic), rektor [masculine] (Icelandic), kepala sekolah (Indonesian), guru kepala (Indonesian), príomhoide [masculine] (Irish), preside [masculine] (Italian), 校長 (kōchō) (alt: こうちょう) (Japanese), 学校長 (gakkōchō) (alt: がっこうちょう) (Japanese), សិក្សាភិរក្សវិទ្យាល័យ (sǝksaapʰi’reaksa’vittyielay) (Khmer), អគ្គានុរក្ស (akkienu’reak) (Khmer), នាយកវិទ្យាល័យ (nieyʊək vittyielay) (Khmer), 교장 (gyojang) (alt: 校長) (Korean), 학교 교장 (hakgyo gyojang) (alt: 學校校長) (Korean), rector scholaris [Classical] (Latin), administrator principalis [Modern] (Latin), guru besar (Malay), ard-vainshtyr [masculine] (Manx), ard-ynseyder [masculine] (Manx), ard-venainshtyr [masculine] (Manx), ard-er-ynsee [masculine] (Manx), ard-ven-ynsee [feminine] (Manx), tumuaki (Maori), प्रधानाध्यापक (pradhānādhyāpak) (Nepali), dyrektor [masculine] (Polish), dyrektorka [feminine] (Polish), diretor [masculine] (Portuguese), director [masculine] (Romanian), rector [masculine] (Romanian), дире́ктор (diréktor) [masculine] (Russian), директри́са (direktrísa) [feminine] (Russian), ре́ктор (réktor) (english: University) [masculine] (Russian), director [masculine] (Spanish), directora [feminine] (Spanish), principal de escuela [masculine] (Spanish), jefe de estudios [masculine] (Spanish), rektor [common-gender] (Swedish), punong-guro (Tagalog), punungguro (Tagalog), ครูใหญ่ (kruu-yài) (Thai), müdür (Turkish), okul müdürü (Turkish), дире́ктор (dyréktor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дире́кторка (dyréktorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hiệu trưởng (alt: 校長) (Vietnamese), prifathro [masculine] (Welsh), prifathrawes [feminine] (Welsh), pennaeth [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-en:school Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 0 3 2 12 19 14 4 2 4 1 2 0 3 0 8 1 16 Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'school administrator': 1 34 20 9 2 2 1 1 5 0 1 2 4 8 11 Disambiguation of 'school administrator': 1 31 20 14 3 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 4 7 10 Disambiguation of 'chief administrator of a school': 1 62 16 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 4
  3. (UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college. Tags: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college): dean Coordinate_terms (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college): bursar Translations (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college): মুহতামিম (muhtamim) (Bengali), ре́ктор (réktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး (kyaung:upkri:) (Burmese), rektor [masculine] (Czech), rehtori (Finnish), რექტორი (rekṭori) (Georgian), rektor (Hungarian), rektor [masculine] (Icelandic), aporei (Maori), tumuaki (note: of a school) (Maori), rector [masculine] (Spanish), rectora [feminine] (Spanish), rektor [common-gender] (Swedish), ре́ктор (réktor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ре́кторка (réktorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-3eXzT1uQ Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 0 3 2 12 19 14 4 2 4 1 2 0 3 0 8 1 16 Disambiguation of People: 13 0 1 0 7 16 16 7 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 18 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college': 1 7 76 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 Disambiguation of 'chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college': 1 7 75 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 Disambiguation of 'chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college': 1 7 76 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 4
  4. (law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Occupations, People Synonyms (one under whose direction and on whose behalf an agent acts): client Translations (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts): مُوَكِّل (muwakkil) [masculine] (Arabic), даве́рнік (davjérnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), representat [masculine] (Catalan), 委託人 (Chinese Mandarin), 委托人 (wěituōrén) (Chinese Mandarin), zmocnitel [masculine] (Czech), zastupovaný nesvéprávný [masculine] (Czech), vertegenwoordiger [masculine] (Dutch), lastgever [masculine] (Dutch), päämies (Finnish), principal [masculine, uncommon] (French), maître de l’affaire [masculine] (French), donneur d’ordre (english: when authorized by the principal) [masculine] (French), mandant [masculine] (French), მიმნდობი (mimndobi) (Georgian), Geschäftsherr [masculine] (German), Prinzipal [masculine, uncommon] (German), Vollmachtgeber (english: when authorized by the principal) [masculine] (German), משלח (meshaléakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), שולח (sholéakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), megbízó (Hungarian), meghatalmazó (Hungarian), umbjóðandi [masculine] (Icelandic), ចៅហ្វាយ (caw vaay) (Khmer), dominus negōtiī [masculine] (Latin), mocodawca [masculine] (Polish), klient [masculine] (Polish), довери́тель (doverítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), принципа́л (principál) [masculine] (Russian), повѐритељ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), принцѝпа̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), povèritelj [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), princìpāl [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), principal [masculine] (Spanish), comitente [masculine] (Spanish), klient [common-gender] (Swedish), huvudman [common-gender] (Swedish), довіри́тель (dovirýtelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), penadur [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-f2tyrK5i Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 0 3 2 12 19 14 4 2 4 1 2 0 3 0 8 1 16 Disambiguation of People: 13 0 1 0 7 16 16 7 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 18 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 0 4 4 10 7 42 1 1 5 5 4 0 3 1 1 5 2 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'one under whose direction and on whose behalf an agent acts': 7 3 6 45 1 3 2 5 2 1 7 1 2 6 8 Disambiguation of 'legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts': 4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
  5. (law) The primary participant in a crime. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Synonyms (primary participant in a crime): ringleader Coordinate_terms (primary participant in a crime): accessory Translations (legal: primary participant in a crime): главен виновник (glaven vinovnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 主犯 (zhǔfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 正犯 (zhèngfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavní pachatel [masculine] (Czech), päätekijä (Finnish), Haupttäter m or simply Täter (english: which is according to the Criminal Code’s wording, where the hypernym to accomplices, abettors and principals is Beteiligter) [masculine] (German), huvudman [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-en:primary_perpetrator Topics: law Disambiguation of 'primary participant in a crime': 0 1 2 5 79 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Disambiguation of 'primary participant in a crime': 0 1 2 5 80 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Disambiguation of 'legal: primary participant in a crime': 0 1 3 33 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
  6. Either party in a duel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-jzyhI~j6
  7. (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Synonyms (owner of or partner in a business): proprietor Translations (partner or owner): majitel [masculine] (Czech), spolumajitel [masculine] (Czech), omistaja (Finnish), ägare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-en:partner_or_owner Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'owner of or partner in a business': 5 3 5 13 7 8 42 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 4 Disambiguation of 'partner or owner': 2 4 5 11 2 2 56 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 5
  8. (music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms (organ stop): diapason
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-CbvJaAeE Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'organ stop': 1 1 3 8 1 1 1 70 1 1 1 1 1 5 3
  9. (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture, Engineering Translations (architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof): kurkihirsi (Finnish), mestergerenda (Hungarian), takås [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-GJ7JaxQd Topics: architecture, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof': 1 2 8 3 0 1 1 1 64 0 1 1 2 6 9
  10. The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-zTE7AGPg
  11. One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-u2Uhrr3C
  12. (obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-Oy5dxAsx
  13. A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dancer at the highest rank): ensitanssija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-RaRs0EeP Disambiguation of 'dancer at the highest rank': 1 5 9 8 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 49 2 13
  14. (computing) A security principal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-cmXL1yRr Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  15. A main character or lead actor. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-principal-en-noun-9Jo8D~TL Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 0 3 2 12 19 14 4 2 4 1 2 0 3 0 8 1 16 Disambiguation of People: 13 0 1 0 7 16 16 7 5 7 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: principall [obsolete] Related terms: principalship, PITI payment, prince, principality, principle

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          "text": "1760 [1726], Homer, tr. Alexander Pope, The Odyssey, Volume 2, page 217,\nIn a word, the Epiſodes of Homer are complete Epiſodes; they are proper to the ſubject, because they are drawn from the ground of the fable; they are ſo joined to the principal action, that one is the neceſſary conſequence of the other, either truly or probably: and laſtly, they are imperfect members which do not make a complete and finiſhed body; for an Epiſode that makes a complete action, cannot be part of a principal action; as is eſſential to all Epiſodes."
        },
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          "ref": "1995, Madeleine Cabos, Baedeker Paris, page 105",
          "text": "The principal treasure of ths department, however, is the Stele of Hammurabi (1792—1750 B.C.), king of the first Babylonian kingdom, a basalt cylinder 2.25m/7ft 5in. inscribed with Hammurabi′s laws written in Akkadian in cuneiform script.",
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          "ref": "2005, Ruth N. Collins, “Application of Phylogenetic Algorithms to Assess Rab Functional Relationships”, in Sidney P. Colowick, Alan Hall, editors, Methods in Enzymology, volume 403, page 22",
          "text": "In theory, there are the same number of principal components as there are variables, but in practice, usually only a few of the principal components need to be identified to account for most of the data variance.",
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          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "vertegenwoordiger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "word": "päämies"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maître de l’affaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "when authorized by the principal",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donneur d’ordre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mimndobi",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "word": "მიმნდობი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Geschäftsherr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "Prinzipal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "when authorized by the principal",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vollmachtgeber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "meshaléakh",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "משלח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sholéakh",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שולח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "word": "megbízó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "word": "meghatalmazó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "umbjóðandi"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "caw vaay",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "word": "ចៅហ្វាយ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "dominus negōtiī"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mocodawca"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
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          ],
          "word": "klient"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doverítelʹ",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "довери́тель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "principál",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "принципа́л"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "повѐритељ"
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "принцѝпа̄л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "note": "povjèritelj m (more often means creditor, povèrilac, povjèrilac)",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "Latin"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "principal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comitente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "klient"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "huvudman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dovirýtelʹ",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "довіри́тель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 2 71 0 1 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "text": "Coordinate term: accessory"
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          "ref": "1915, Eugene Allen Gilmore, Wiliam Charles Wermuth, Modern American Law, page 125",
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        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glaven vinovnik",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "главен виновник"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǔfàn",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "word": "主犯"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 33 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhèngfàn",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "word": "正犯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 33 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hlavní pachatel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 33 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "word": "päätekijä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 33 44 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "which is according to the Criminal Code’s wording, where the hypernym to accomplices, abettors and principals is Beteiligter",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Haupttäter m or simply Täter"
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        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "huvudman"
        }
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          "ref": "1868, Andrew Steinmetz, The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, page 107",
          "text": "The old man raised his arm as though it had been palsied, and fired, of course without effect. The other principal immediately deloped, much to the satisfaction of my friend and all present.",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A partner or owner of a business."
      ],
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          "word": "proprietor"
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        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 5 11 2 2 56 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "partner or owner",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 5 11 2 2 56 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "partner or owner",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "partner or owner",
          "word": "omistaja"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "partner or owner",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ."
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          "music"
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          "diapason",
          "diapason"
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          "organ stop",
          "organ stop"
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          "orig": "en:Architecture",
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            "Culture",
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          "orig": "en:Engineering",
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            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "construction"
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        "(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "architecture",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
          "word": "kurkihirsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 8 3 0 1 1 1 64 0 1 1 2 6 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
          "word": "mestergerenda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 8 3 0 1 1 1 64 0 1 1 2 6 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "takås"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports",
          "text": "The first two feathers - Principals",
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        }
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        "The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing."
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      "id": "en-principal-en-noun-zTE7AGPg",
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        [
          "feather",
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          "wing"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned"
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        [
          "turret",
          "turret"
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          "waxwork",
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          "taper",
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          "funeral",
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          "hearse"
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        "uncountable"
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847, Great Britain. Committee on Education, Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, page 446",
          "text": "Set two classes of monitors to question each other; so that one may try to outquestion the other. Explain to them the principal of every subject they have to teach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An essential point or rule; a principle."
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      "id": "en-principal-en-noun-Oy5dxAsx",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
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        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
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          "principle",
          "principle"
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      ],
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        "(obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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    }
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    "prin‧ci‧pal"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "principalship"
    },
    {
      "word": "PITI payment"
    },
    {
      "word": "prince"
    },
    {
      "word": "principality"
    },
    {
      "word": "principle"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Finance"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, William Pember Reeves, State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, published 2011, page 342",
          "text": "In March 1902, I find in the statement of liabilities and assets £711 put down as arrears of interest, but there is no entry of arrears of principal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2012, Denis Clifford, Plan Your Estate, 11th Edition, NOLO, US, page 298,\nFor instance, in some states, dividends that have automatically been reinvested will be treated as principal."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Fred Steingold, Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, page 88",
          "text": "If you know the principal amount, the interest rate, and the number of years the payments will be made, you can consult an amortization calculator or schedule to arrive at the monthly payment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated."
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      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated."
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        "en:finance"
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Australian English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1971, Louis Kaplan, Education and Mental Health, page 413",
          "text": "The important administrative figure to the teacher is the school principal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Brian Dive, The Accountable Leader: Developing Effective Leadership Through Managerial Accountability, page 212",
          "text": "The problem was neatly summed up by one principal in Australia who said recently: ‘There is no incentive for me to develop my best teachers to become my successor.[…]’",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Colin J. Marsh, Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum, page 132",
          "text": "Now renamed Teaching Australia, its officers are undertaking exploratory steps in developing professional standards for school leaders. A National Standards Drafting Group of volunteer principals is currently drafting principal standards (Teaching Australia, 2007).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2011, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2011-2012, page 45,\nPrincipals are now being held more accountable for the performance of students and teachers, while at the same time they are required to adhere to a growing number of government regulations."
        }
      ],
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        "The chief administrator of a school."
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      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "administrator",
          "administrator"
        ],
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          "school",
          "school"
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        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "New-Zealand",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Canadian English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1967, University of Edinburgh Graduates′ Association, University of Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 23-24, page 314,\nUnlike the students, Principal Robertson, who now resided almost alone in the College, continued to use the accustomed route on his visits to the Old Town; and it “became the joke of the day that from being the principal gate it had become only a gate for the Principal.”⁵"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college."
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      "links": [
        [
          "chief executive",
          "chief executive"
        ],
        [
          "academic",
          "academic"
        ],
        [
          "officer",
          "officer"
        ],
        [
          "university",
          "university"
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          "college",
          "college"
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        "(UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Law"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client′s agent, to act on the client′s behalf."
        },
        {
          "text": "My principal sells metal shims."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, American Law Institute., Restatement of the Law, Second: Agency 2d, volume 7, page 533",
          "text": "The firm admitted the amount owed, but averred as an affirmative defense that it had hired the expert as an agent of a disclosed principal, the client.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Pan American Union, The Marketing Structure for Selected Processed Food Products: In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, The Federal Republic of Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom, page 34",
          "text": "A food broker has been defined as an independent sales agent who performs the services of negotiating the sale of food and/or grocery products for and on account of the seller as principal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "2009, California Continuing Education of the Bar, California Probate Code, page 375,\nAn attorney-in-fact has a duty to act solely in yhe interest of the principal and to avoid conflicts of interest."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ],
        [
          "gestor",
          "gestor"
        ],
        [
          "negotiorum gestio",
          "negotiorum gestio"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: accessory"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1915, Eugene Allen Gilmore, Wiliam Charles Wermuth, Modern American Law, page 125",
          "text": "The accessories may be prosecuted, tried and punished, though the principal has not been prosecuted or has been acquitted.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary participant in a crime."
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      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "participant",
          "participant"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) The primary participant in a crime."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:primary perpetrator"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868, Andrew Steinmetz, The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, page 107",
          "text": "The old man raised his arm as though it had been palsied, and fired, of course without effect. The other principal immediately deloped, much to the satisfaction of my friend and all present.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        [
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          "party"
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        [
          "duel",
          "duel"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A partner or owner of a business."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      "senseid": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "diapason",
          "diapason"
        ],
        [
          "organ stop",
          "organ stop"
        ],
        [
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          "pipe organ"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Architecture",
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing."
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      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
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        ],
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          "roof",
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        ],
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          "timber",
          "timber"
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        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ],
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          "framing"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports",
          "text": "The first two feathers - Principals",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "hawk",
          "hawk"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned"
      ],
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        [
          "turret",
          "turret"
        ],
        [
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          "waxwork",
          "waxwork"
        ],
        [
          "taper",
          "taper"
        ],
        [
          "funeral",
          "funeral"
        ],
        [
          "hearse",
          "hearse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847, Great Britain. Committee on Education, Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, page 446",
          "text": "Set two classes of monitors to question each other; so that one may try to outquestion the other. Explain to them the principal of every subject they have to teach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An essential point or rule; a principle."
      ],
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        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "dancer",
          "dancer"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
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          "company",
          "company"
        ],
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          "ballet",
          "ballet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A security principal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "security principal",
          "security principal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A security principal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973 August 4, J. Ralf Green, “The Hossenpfepper Column”, in Gay Community News, page 3",
          "text": "Silverberg also gives the reader reader some excellent character insight; deep probes into the minds of all the principals bring the reader closer to the persons involved than might be thought possible with the plot so far removed from the realm of normality.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A main character or lead actor."
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/"
    },
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      "homophone": "principle"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "school administrator",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "headteacher"
    },
    {
      "sense": "school administrator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "headmaster"
    },
    {
      "sense": "school administrator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "headmistress"
    },
    {
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "dean"
    },
    {
      "sense": "one under whose direction and on whose behalf an agent acts",
      "word": "client"
    },
    {
      "sense": "primary participant in a crime",
      "word": "ringleader"
    },
    {
      "sense": "owner of or partner in a business",
      "word": "proprietor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "organ stop",
      "word": "diapason"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "principall"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnóven kapitál",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "осно́вен капита́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "běnjīn",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "本金"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "(počáteční) vklad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "(původní) půjčka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovedstol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "hoofdsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "kapitalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "pääoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒiri tanxa",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "ძირი თანხა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archikó kefálaio",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αρχικό κεφάλαιο"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kephálaion",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κεφάλαιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "tőke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "kölcsöntőke"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capitale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がんきん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gankin",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "元金"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tun",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "ទុន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "元金",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "won'geum",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "원금"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "kapitalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bun-argid"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "tahua more"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "sā̃wā",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "साँवा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sermaye",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "سرمایه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapitał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "word": "principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovnój dolg",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "основно́й долг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovnája súmma",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "основна́я су́мма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capital"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kapitalbelopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kapital"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudstol"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kapitál",
      "sense": "money originally invested or loaned",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "капіта́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mudīr",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mudīra",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدِيرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyréktar",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дырэ́ктар"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyréktarka",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дырэ́ктарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "prodhan śikkhok",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "প্রধান শিক্ষক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "muhtamim",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "মুহতামিম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diréktor",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дире́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diréktorka",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дире́кторка"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kyaung:up",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "ကျောင်းအုပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kyaung:upkri:",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "director"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "directora"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "校長"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "haau⁶ zoeng²",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "校长"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "校長"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "校长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "校長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàozhǎng",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "校长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ředitel (školy)"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "schoolhoofd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "lernejestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "rehtori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in a small school",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "johtajaopettaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "directeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "directrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principal (collège)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proviseur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proviseure (lycée)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "direkṭori",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "დირექტორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rektorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulvorsteher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulvorsteherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldirektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuldirektorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulleiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schulleiterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diefthyntís",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διευθυντής"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "atuarfiit pisortaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "atuarfiup pisortaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "menahél",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מְנַהֵל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "menahélet",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מְנַהֶלֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "igazgató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "iskolaigazgató"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skólastjóri"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skólameistari"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "kepala sekolah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "guru kepala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príomhoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preside"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōchō",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "校長"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がっこうちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gakkōchō",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "学校長"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sǝksaapʰi’reaksa’vittyielay",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "សិក្សាភិរក្សវិទ្យាល័យ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "akkienu’reak",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "អគ្គានុរក្ស"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nieyʊək vittyielay",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "នាយកវិទ្យាល័យ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "校長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyojang",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "교장"
    },
    {
      "alt": "學校校長",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hakgyo gyojang",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "학교 교장"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ],
      "word": "rector scholaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "Modern"
      ],
      "word": "administrator principalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "guru besar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-vainshtyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-ynseyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-venainshtyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-er-ynsee"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-ven-ynsee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "tumuaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "pradhānādhyāpak",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "प्रधानाध्यापक"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyrektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyrektorka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diretor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "director"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diréktor",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дире́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "direktrísa",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "директри́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "University",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "director"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "directora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principal de escuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jefe de estudios"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "punong-guro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "punungguro"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kruu-yài",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "ครูใหญ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "müdür"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "okul müdürü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyréktor",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дире́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyréktorka",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дире́кторка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "校長",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "word": "hiệu trưởng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prifathro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prifathrawes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chief administrator of a school",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "muhtamim",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "মুহতামিম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kyaung:upkri:",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "ကျောင်းအုပ်ကြီး"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "rehtori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rekṭori",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "რექტორი"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "aporei"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of a school",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "word": "tumuaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "réktorka",
      "sense": "chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́кторка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muwakkil",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوَكِّل"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "davjérnik",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "даве́рнік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "representat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "委託人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wěituōrén",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "委托人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zmocnitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zastupovaný nesvéprávný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vertegenwoordiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lastgever"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "päämies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maître de l’affaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "when authorized by the principal",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donneur d’ordre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mimndobi",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "მიმნდობი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschäftsherr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "Prinzipal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "when authorized by the principal",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vollmachtgeber"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "meshaléakh",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "משלח"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sholéakh",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שולח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "megbízó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "meghatalmazó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "umbjóðandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "caw vaay",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "word": "ចៅហ្វាយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominus negōtiī"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mocodawca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klient"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doverítelʹ",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "довери́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "principál",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "принципа́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "повѐритељ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "повјѐритељ m (more often means creditor, повѐрилац, повјѐрилац)",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "принцѝпа̄л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "povèritelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "povjèritelj m (more often means creditor, povèrilac, povjèrilac)",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princìpāl"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comitente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klient"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudman"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovirýtelʹ",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "довіри́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "penadur"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glaven vinovnik",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "главен виновник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔfàn",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "word": "主犯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngfàn",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "word": "正犯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hlavní pachatel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "word": "päätekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "which is according to the Criminal Code’s wording, where the hypernym to accomplices, abettors and principals is Beteiligter",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Haupttäter m or simply Täter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "legal: primary participant in a crime",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudman"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "partner or owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "partner or owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spolumajitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "partner or owner",
      "word": "omistaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "partner or owner",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ägare"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
      "word": "kurkihirsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
      "word": "mestergerenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "architecture: construction that gives shape and strength to a roof",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "takås"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dancer at the highest rank",
      "word": "ensitanssija"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Principal (education)",
    "Principal value",
    "principal"
  ],
  "word": "principal"
}

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