coprincipal

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noun

co·​prin·​ci·​pal ˌkō-ˈprin(t)-s(ə-)pəl 

variants or co-principal

plural coprincipals or co-principals

: a person who is one of two or more principals

With Congress, Gore appears to have been more observer and fixer, and occasionally strategist, than actual coprincipal, but that is a judgment from afar.

—Richard E. Neustadt

coprincipal

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adjective

variants or co-principal

: sharing principal status with another

… two faculty members are serving as co-principal investigators on a project …

—Indiana University Northwest News

Examples of coprincipal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Dambisa Moyo, economist, author, coprincipal at Versaca Investments, and board member at Chevron and 3M, told the Next Gen audience about her seven-year effort to land a directorship. —Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1741, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1741, in the meaning defined above