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Main definition: Most important; principal.Origin of Main From Middle English main, mayn, meyn, partly from Old English mægen- ("strong, principal, main"; used in combination), from Old English mæġen (“strength" ), and partly from Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main" ); both from Proto-Germanic *maginÄ… (“strength, power, might" ), *maginaz (“strong" ), from Proto-Indo-European ...