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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.''
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