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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dean1 /din/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Educationan official in a college, esp. the head of faculty, or one in charge of students, etc.
- Religionan official in charge of a church or a diocese.
- the senior member, in length of service, of a profession, etc.:the dean of American composers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dean1 (dēn),USA pronunciation n. - Education
- the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:the dean of admissions.
- an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:the dean of men.
- Educationthe official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Religion[Eccles.]
- the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
- Also called vicar forane. a priest in the Roman Catholic Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese.
- the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.:the dean of lexicographers.
- Late Latin decānus chief of ten, equivalent. to Latin dec(em) ten + -ānus -an
- Anglo-French deen, dean, Old French deien
- Middle English deen 1300–50
- British Termsdene.
Dean (dēn),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical James (Byron), 1931–55, U.S. actor.
- Place Names, Biographical Jay Hanna ("Dizzy''), 1911–74, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- a male given name: from the Old English family name meaning "valley.''
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dean /diːn/ n - the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty
- (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline
- chiefly the head of a chapter of canons and administrator of a cathedral or collegiate church
- the cardinal bishop senior by consecration and head of the college of cardinals
Related adjective(s): decanal
See also rural dean
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus one set over ten persons, from Latin decem ten dene (dēn),USA pronunciation n. [Brit.]- British Termsa bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
Also, dean. - 1815–20; earlier den, in same sense, Middle English (in phrase den and strond); perh. to be identified with Middle English dene, Old English denu, dænu valley
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Dean /diːn/ n - Forest of Dean ⇒ a forest in W England, in Gloucestershire, between the Rivers Severn and Wye: formerly a royal hunting ground
Dean /diːn/ n - Christopher. See Torvill and Dean
- James (Byron). 1931–55, US film actor, who became a cult figure; his films include East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause (both 1955). He died in a car crash
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dene, dean /diːn/ n - Brit a valley, esp one that is narrow and wooded
Etymology: Old English denu valley; see den dene, dean /diːn/ n - dialect chiefly Southern English a sandy stretch of land or dune near the sea
Etymology: 13th Century: probably related to Old English dūn hill; see down³ |