"vice-principal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vice-principals [plural]
Etymology: vice- + principal Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|vice|principal}} vice- + principal Head templates: {{en-noun}} vice-principal (plural vice-principals)
  1. An assistant principal or deputy headteacher. Related terms: surmaster Translations (Translations): 副校長 (Chinese Mandarin), 副校长 (fùxiàozhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), wakil kepala sekolah (Indonesian), 教頭 (kyōtō) (alt: きょうとう) (Japanese), 부교장 (bugyojang) (Korean), penolong guru besar (Malay), timbalan guru besar (Malay), penolong pengetua. penolong kanan (Malay), hiệu phó (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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