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plural deans
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). quotations examples
Lucretius versus the Lake Poets ' Nature I loved ; and next to Nature , Art . 'Dean , adult education may seem silly .What of it though ? I got some willy - nillyThe other evening at your college deanery .And grateful for it ( Let's not be facetious!) […]
1995 October, Robert Frost, Richard Poirier, Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (LOA #81) (DE-601)374069697: Library of America series), Library of America, page 357
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons. examples
The senior member of some group of people. quotations examples
All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected […]
1955 October 19, Rex Stout, The Next Witness, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, page 67
third-person singular simple present deans, present participle deaning, simple past and past participle deaned
(intransitive, rare) To serve as a dean.
(transitive, Oxbridge, otherwise rare, informal) To send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university.
(Sussex, chiefly in place names) A hill.
(Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene. examples