dean

  1. Proper noun.  A title afforded to a dean.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, habitational) surname from (etyl, enm) ''dene'' "valley".
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) derived from the surname or from the title.
  4. Noun.  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'').
  5. Noun.  a dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
  6. Noun.  the senior member of some group of people.
  7. Noun.  (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).

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