dean
(noun) an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
dean
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
dean, doyen
(noun) a man who is the senior member of a group; “he is the dean of foreign correspondents”
Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean
(noun) United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dean (plural deans)
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).
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
The senior member of some group of people.
• (Head of cathedral chapter): provost
dean (third-person singular simple present deans, present participle deaning, simple past and past participle deaned)
(intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
(transitive, rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.
dean (plural deans)
(Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.
• Aden, Dane, Dena, Edna, Enda, aden-, ande, eDNA, nade
Dean
A title afforded to a dean.
A habitational surname from Middle English dene “valley”.
A male given name from surnames or derived from the title.
Any of various villages and hamlets in England.
• Aden, Dane, Dena, Edna, Enda, aden-, ande, eDNA, nade
Source: Wiktionary
Dean, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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