principal.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
principal.
Principal English Translation: 

principal (here, a title given to an indigenous noble)
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

tlatuque lldes mochintin principales ypan ynin altepetl [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.

juan de la croz principales (San Martín Hidalgo, Jalisco, 1653)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 28.