DEAN


Meaning of DEAN in English

dean 1

— deanship , n.

/deen/ , n.

1. Educ.

a. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions.

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

c. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.

2. Eccles.

a. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.

b. 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.

[ 1300-50; ME deen deen, dean, OF deien decanus chief of ten, equiv. to L dec ( em ) ten + -anus -AN ]

dean 2

/deen/ , n. Brit.

dene.

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