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deaness en · NOUN

Etymology

From dean + -ess.

Meanings

1. (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
2. (rare) A female dean (head of a university faculty).
   • But now comes Deaness Kathleen Deignan. 1986 June 4, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 86, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISSN, page 2:
3. (rare) The wife of a dean.
   • And as dean, with the help of his deaness, Eva Howe Stevens, he entertained every student in his home every year and made Cornell a Shangri-la. 1969, “Stevens of Cornell: A Man for All Seasons”, in Arthur John Keeffe, editor, ABA Journal, volume 55, Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, →ISSN, page 495:

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