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[deen] Pronunciation Key
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[deen] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Education.
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| 2. | Ecclesiastical.
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| 3. | the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.: the dean of lexicographers. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME deen < AF deen, dean, OF deien < LL decānus chief of ten, equiv. to L dec(em) ten + -ānus -an
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deanship, noun
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Dean
[deen] Pronunciation Key
[deen] Pronunciation Key –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.” |
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| dean
(dēn) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English deen, from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, chief of ten, from decem, ten, or from Greek dekānos, chief of ten (from deka, ten); see dek in Indo-European roots.]
dean'ship' n. |
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| Dean
(dēn) Pronunciation Key
American actor whose moody, rebellious persona in films such as East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause (both 1955) made him a cult figure. He died in an automobile accident. |
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| Dean, Jay Hanna Known as "Dizzy." 1911-1974.
American baseball player. A right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1937), he is best remembered for his 1934 season, in which he won 30 regular-season games, led the league in strikeouts, and won two World Series games. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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dean
c.1330, from O.Fr. deien, from L.L. decanus "head of a group of 10 monks in a monastery," from earlier secular meaning "commander of 10 soldiers" (which was extended to civil administrators in the late empire), from Gk. dekanos, from deka "ten." Replaced O.E. teoðingealdor. College sense is from 1577 (in L. from 1271).
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| dean | |
noun | |
| 1. | an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college |
| 2. | United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) |
| 3. | a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" |
| 4. | (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals |
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Dean, TX (city, FIPS 19456) Location: 33.93332 N, 98.36889 W
Population (1990): 277 (114 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Glen Dean, KY Zip code(s): 40119
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir.]1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches. Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks. Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal.
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