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1. (n.) dean
the head of faculty in a university or college.
2. dean
the head of a theological school.
3. dean
an official in a university or college in charge of discipline, counseling, or admissions.
4. dean
the head of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
5. dean
a priest in the Roman Catholic or Anglican Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese.
6. dean
the senior member, in length of service, of any profession, field, etc.:
the dean of American composers.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME deen < OF deien < LL decānus chief of ten = L dec(em) ten +-ānus -an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dean
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
2. (noun) Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
3. (noun) dean, doyen
a man who is the senior member of a group
"he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
4. (noun) dean
(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
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1. (noun) dean
an important university official
the Dean of Student Affairs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dean
a dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop
2. (noun) dean
the collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college
3. (noun) dean
the head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities
4. (noun) dean
a registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department
5. (noun) dean
the chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy
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Sense: the chief clergyman in a cathedral church.
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 Afrikaans: deken |
 Arabic: الأسْقُف الرَّئيسي في الك |
 Bulgarian: управител на катедрала |
 Brazilian: cônego |
 Czech: děkan |
 German: der Dekan |
 Danish: domprovst |
 Greek: πρωτοπρεσβύτερος |
 Spanish: deán |
 Estonian: toompraost |
 Farsi: سر کشیش |
 Finnish: tuomiorovasti |
 French: doyen |
 Hebrew: כּוֹמֵר רָאשִׁי |
 Hindi: किसी कैथेडरल चर्च का प्रध |
 Croatian: crkveni dekan |
 Hungarian: esperes |
 Indonesian: kepala katedral |
 Icelandic: prófastur |
 Italian: decano |
 Japanese: 主任司祭 |
 Korean: 대 성당의 주임사제 |
 Lithuanian: dekanas |
 Latvian: dekāns |
 Malay: ketua paderi |
 Dutch: deken |
 Norwegian: domprost |
 Polish: dziekan |
 Persian: سر کشیش |
 Pashto: دكليسا مشر، دپوهنځى، رئيس |
 Portuguese: cónego |
 Romanian: vicar |
 Russian: настоятель |
 Slovak: dekan |
 Slovenian: dekan |
 Serbian: kanonik |
 Swedish: domprost |
 Thai: เจ้าคณะ (ทางศาสนา) |
 Turkish: katedral/kilise başrahibi |
 Taiwanese: (教堂的)教長 |
 Ukrainian: настоятель собору |
 Urdu: بڑے گرجا کا صدر |
 Vietnamese: trưởng tu viện |
 Chinese: （教堂的）教长 |
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