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dean

1

[ deen ]

noun

  1. Education.
    1. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:

      the dean of admissions.

    2. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:

      the dean of men.

    3. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
  2. Ecclesiastical.
    1. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
    2. Also called vicar forane. a priest in the Roman Catholic Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese.
  3. the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.:

    the dean of lexicographers.

Dean

2

[ deen ]

noun

  1. James (Byron), 1931–55, U.S. actor.
  2. Jay Hanna Dizzy, 1911–74, U.S. baseball pitcher.
  3. a male given name: from the Old English family name meaning “valley.”

Dean

1

/ diːn /

noun

  1. Christopher. See Torvill and Dean
  2. DeanJames (Byron)19311955MUSFILMS AND TV: actor James ( Byron ). 1931–55, US film actor, who became a cult figure; his films include East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause (both 1955). He died in a car crash

Dean

2

/ diːn /

noun

  1. Forest of Dean
    a forest in W England, in Gloucestershire, between the Rivers Severn and Wye: formerly a royal hunting ground

dean

3

/ diːn /

noun

  1. the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty
  2. (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline
  3. Church of England the head of a chapter of canons and administrator of a cathedral or collegiate church
  4. RC Church the cardinal bishop senior by consecration and head of the college of cardinals See also rural dean decanal

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Derived Forms

  • ˈdeanˌship, noun

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Other Words From

  • deanship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dean1

1300–50; Middle English deen < Anglo-French deen, dean, Old French deien < Late Latin decānus chief of ten, equivalent to Latin dec ( em ) ten + -ānus -an

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dean1

C14: from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus one set over ten persons, from Latin decem ten

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