DEAN
\dˈiːn], \dˈiːn], \d_ˈiː_n]\
Definitions of DEAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
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a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
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(Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
By Princeton University
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United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
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(Roman Catholic) the head of the College of Cardinals
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a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
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The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
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A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
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The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; - so called by courtesy.
By Oddity Software
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The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
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The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
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A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
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The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; - so called by courtesy.
By Noah Webster.
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The head of a group of clergy in cathedral and collegiate churches; the member of a college faculty who supervises, or looks after, the students; the administrative officer of a college or university next below the president; the oldest member, by reason of service, in a body of men of a certain profession.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches who presides over the other clergy: a priest who presides at local synods: the president of the faculty in a college.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An ecclesiastical dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches, and the head of a chapter; an officer in each college of the English universities; the head of a faculty in a university. Dean and chapter, a bishop's council to aid him with their advice in the spiritual and temporal concerns of his see. Rural dean, one who has the ordering of ecclesiastical affairs in a remote part of a diocese. Dean of guild, in Scotland, originally the head of a guildry, and, as such, a member of the municipality of a royal burgh, now a magistrate whose duty it is to see to the security of buildings, &c. The dean of faculty, the head of the faculty of advocates in Scotland.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The second dignitary of a diocese; an officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge appointed to see to the discipline of the college, especially as to attendance at chapel and hall; the chief or head of a faculty.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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