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[1] 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. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
[2] Ecclesiastical . 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.
[3] the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.: the dean of lexicographers.
[4] dene.
[5] James (Byron), 1931–55, U.S. actor.
[6] Jay Hanna Dizzy , 1911–74, U.S. baseball pitcher.
[7] a male given name: from the Old English family name meaning “valley.”
[8] a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
[9] the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty
[10] (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline
[11] mainly Church of England the head of a chapter of canons and administrator of a cathedral or collegiate church
[12] RC Church the cardinal bishop senior by consecration and head of the college of cardinals See also rural dean Related adjective: decanal
[13] Forest of Dean a forest in W England, in Gloucestershire, between the Rivers Severn and Wye: formerly a royal hunting ground
[14] Christopher. See Torvill and Dean
[15] 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
[16] British a valley, esp one that is narrow and wooded
[17] dialect , mainly Southern English a sandy stretch of land or dune near the sea
[18] the North American Indian peoples of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. The official body representing them is called the Dene Nation

Words related to Dean

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Origin of Dean

ne1815–20; earlier den, in same sense, Middle English (in phrase den and strond ); perhaps to be identified with Middle English dene, Old English denu, dænu valley

Other words from Dean

dean·ship , noun

Word origin for Dean

Denevia French déné, from Athapascan dene people

Synonyms for Dean

administrator, legislator, principal, professor, senior, President, authority, dignitary, doyen, ecclesiastic, guide, lead, pilot, tack