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Definition of 'dean' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'dean' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'dean' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) dean
an important university official
the Dean of Student Affairs


Definition of 'dean' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'dean' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the chief clergyman in a cathedral church.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deken Arabic flag Arabic: الأسْقُف الرَّئيسي في الك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: управител на катедрала
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cônego Czech flag Czech: děkan German flag German: der Dekan
Danish flag Danish: domprovst Greek flag Greek: πρωτοπρεσβύτερος Spanish flag Spanish: deán
Estonian flag Estonian: toompraost Farsi flag Farsi: سر کشیش Finnish flag Finnish: tuomiorovasti
French flag French: doyen Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹמֵר רָאשִׁי Hindi flag Hindi: किसी कैथेडरल चर्च का प्रध
Croatian flag Croatian: crkveni dekan Hungarian flag Hungarian: esperes Indonesian flag Indonesian: kepala katedral
Icelandic flag Icelandic: prófastur Italian flag Italian: decano Japanese flag Japanese: 主任司祭
Korean flag Korean: 대 성당의 주임사제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dekanas Latvian flag Latvian: dekāns
Malay flag Malay: ketua paderi Dutch flag Dutch: deken Norwegian flag Norwegian: domprost
Polish flag Polish: dziekan Persian flag Persian: سر کشیش Pashto flag Pashto: دكليسا مشر، دپوهنځى، رئيس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cónego Romanian flag Romanian: vicar Russian flag Russian: настоятель
Slovak flag Slovak: dekan Slovenian flag Slovenian: dekan Serbian flag Serbian: kanonik
Swedish flag Swedish: domprost Thai flag Thai: เจ้าคณะ (ทางศาสนา) Turkish flag Turkish: katedral/kilise başrahibi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (教堂的)教長 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: настоятель собору Urdu flag Urdu: بڑے گرجا کا صدر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trưởng tu viện Chinese flag Chinese: (教堂的)教长

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