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SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does school principal mean?
• SCHOOL PRINCIPAL (noun)
The noun SCHOOL PRINCIPAL has 1 sense:
1. the educator who has executive authority for a school
Familiarity information: SCHOOL PRINCIPAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The educator who has executive authority for a school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
head; head teacher; principal; school principal
Context example:
she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
Hypernyms ("school principal" is a kind of...):
educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "school principal"):
chancellor (the honorary or titular head of a university)
headmaster; master; schoolmaster (presiding officer of a school)
headmistress (a woman headmaster)
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