Definition of 'dean'
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dean in British English
noun
1.
2.
(at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline
3. mainly Church of England
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Derived forms
deanship (ˈdeanˌship) noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus one set over ten persons, from Latin decem ten
Word Frequency
Dean in British English 1
noun
See Forest of Dean
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Dean in British English 2
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Dean in American English
noun
a masculine name
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dean in American English
noun
1.
a.
the presiding official of a cathedral or collegiate church
2. US
3.
a.
the senior member of a particular group
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Derived forms
deanship (ˈdeanˌship)
noun
Word origin
ME den < OFr deien, dean < LL(Ec) decanus, chief of ten monks < LL(Ec), leader of ten < L decem, tenWord Frequency
dean in American English 1
(din)
noun
1. Education
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. Ecclesiast
a.
the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church
3.
the dean of lexicographers
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Derived forms
deanship noun
Word origin
[1300–50; ME deen ‹ AF deen, dean, OF deien ‹ LL decānus chief of ten, equiv. to L dec(em) ten + -ānus -an]Word Frequency
dean in American English 2
(din)
noun
Brit
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A dean is an important official at a university or college.
She was Dean of the Science faculty.
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