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dean - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dean'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science'') or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the ''dean of students ).
  • A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
  • The senior member of some group of people.
    • dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
    dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 67:
    • All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean , Alice Hart, collected
  • (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).

    • Related terms

    * decanal

    Derived terms

    * dean and chapter * deaness

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To serve as a dean.
  • To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

    • Anagrams

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    Similar to 'dean'

    down, dawn, don, dein, den, dan, damn, din, doyen, dun, duan, dyun, deein, doon, dtn, dyon, dewan, deen, dahn