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Dean

diːn

Dean definitions

noun

Inflections:

dean deans

the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church
- a member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry
the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school

Synonyms:
faculty head department head head of faculty head of department college head provost university official
- (in a college or university, especially Oxford or Cambridge) a senior member of a college, with disciplinary and advisory functions