dean

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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).

noun

1
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).
Lucretius versus the Lake Poets ' Nature I loved ; and next to Nature , Art . ' Dean , adult education may seem silly . What of it though ? I got some willy - nilly The other evening at your college deanery . And grateful for it ( Let's not be facetious!)[…]
2
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
3
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
All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected[…]

Etymology

From Middle English den, deen (“dean”), from Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien (modern French doyen), from Latin decānus. Doublet of doyen.

verb

1
rareTo serve as a dean.
2
informalTo send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university.

noun

1
A hill.

Etymology

Related to den.

noun

1
Variant of deneAlternative form of dene.

Forms

plural: deans
past tense: deaned
past participle: deaned
present participle: deaning
third person singular: deans

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dean · 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…

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