dean en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /diːn/
- [dĩːn]
- (US) audio
- dēn
- [diːn]
Etymology
From Middle English den, deen (“dean”), from Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien (modern French doyen), from Latin decānus. Doublet of doyen.
Meanings
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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).
Lucretius versus the Lake Poets ' Nature I loved ; and next to Nature , Art . ' Dean , adult education may seem silly . What of it though ? I got some willy - nilly The other evening at your college deanery . And grateful for it ( Let's not be facetious!)[…]
1995 October 14, Robert Frost, Richard Poirier, Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (LOA #81) (DE-601)374069697: Library of America series), Library of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 357:
- A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
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The senior member of some group of people.
dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected[…]
1955 October 19, Rex Stout, The Next Witness, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 67:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
deanship · Dean of the Arches · dean and chapter · archdean · rural dean · deaness · undean · deanery · subdean
Relateds
Synonyms
provost (Head of cathedral chapter)
Translations (86)
eo dekano (church dignitary) · pl dziekan (senior official in college or university) · nrf douoyen (senior official in college or university) · pt reitor (senior official in college or university) · oc degan (church dignitary) · nrf douoyen (senior member of a group) · vec degàn (church dignitary) · tl dekano (senior official in college or university) · pl dziekanka (senior official in college or university) · hy դեկան (senior official in college or university) · de Dekan (church dignitary) · hu doyen (senior member of a group) · it decano (senior official in college or university) · es decano (senior official in college or university) · it decano (senior member of a group) · fi dekaani (senior official in college or university) · fi pää (senior member of a group) · it preside (senior official in college or university) · es deán (church dignitary) · eo dojeno (senior member of a group) · sv doyen (senior member of a group) · de Dechant (church dignitary) · ca degà (senior member of a group) · nn prost (church dignitary) · id dekan (senior official in college or university) · enm den (senior member of a group) · ca degà (church dignitary) · nl deken (senior member of a group) · ru дека́н (senior official in college or university) · pt decano (church dignitary) · sv äldst till tjänsteåren (senior member of a group) · fur dean (church dignitary) · nl deken (senior official in college or university) · bg дека́н (senior official in college or university) · sv dekan (senior official in college or university) · uk дека́н (church dignitary) · da domprovst (church dignitary) · fr doyen (senior official in college or university) · sv dekanus (senior official in college or university) · ka დეკანი (senior official in college or university) · nl decaan (senior official in college or university) · enm den (church dignitary) · pl dziekan (senior member of a group) · hi संकायाध्यक्ष (senior official in college or university) · de Dekan (senior official in college or university) · bg главен свещеник (church dignitary) · tet dekanu (senior official in college or university) · mk декан (senior official in college or university) · da dekan (senior official in college or university) · hu rangidős (senior member of a group) · tl dalubpuno (senior official in college or university) · fr doyenne (senior member of a group) · hu főesperes (church dignitary) · ro decan (church dignitary) · km ព្រឹទ្ធបុរស (senior official in college or university) · eo dekano (senior official in college or university) · ro decan (senior official in college or university) · nl deken (church dignitary) · tr dekan (senior official in college or university) · hu dékán (senior official in college or university) · ast decanu (senior official in college or university) · cmn 院長 /院长 (senior official in college or university) · el κοσμήτορας (senior official in college or university) · nb prost (church dignitary) · fi vanhin (senior member of a group) · pl dziekanka (senior member of a group) · ca degà (senior official in college or university) · fi rovasti (church dignitary) · pt deão (church dignitary) · fr doyen (senior member of a group) · th คณบดี (senior official in college or university) · sv ålderspresident (senior member of a group) · az dekan (senior official in college or university) · sl dekan (senior official in college or university) · it decano (church dignitary) · grc κοσμήτωρ (senior official in college or university) · csb dzekón (senior official in college or university) · bg дѐкан (senior official in college or university) · fi dekaani (church dignitary) · hu esperes (church dignitary) · ru благочи́нный (church dignitary) · sw mudiri (senior official in college or university) · pl dziekanka (church dignitary) · th คณบดี (senior member of a group) · cs děkan (senior official in college or university) · pl dziekan (church dignitary)