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- Dictionarydean/diːn/
noun
- 1. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.
- 2. the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school.
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an official of high rank in a college or university who is responsible for the organization of a department or departments: She is the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. the Dean of Medicine. US. someone among a group of people who has worked the longest in the particular job or activity they share, and who is their unofficial leader:
1. a. : the head of the chapter of a collegiate or cathedral church. b. : a Roman Catholic priest who supervises one district of a diocese. 2. a. : the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university. b. : a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining students. 3. : doyen sense 1.
an official of high rank in a college or university who is responsible for the organization of a department or departments: She is the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. the Dean of Medicine. US. someone among a group of people who has worked the longest in the particular job or activity they share, and who is their unofficial leader:
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.
noun. 1. the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty. 2. (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline. 3. mainly Church of England. the head of a chapter of canons and administrator of a cathedral or collegiate church. 4. Roman Catholic Church.
A dean is the head of a specific area of a college, university, or private school. When you're thinking about studying in Madagascar for a semester, you might make an appointment to talk to the study abroad dean.
DEAN definition: 1. an official in a college or university 2. an official in charge of a large church or group of…. Learn more.
Definition of dean noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. a. the presiding official of a cathedral or collegiate church. b. Roman Catholic Church. a priest chosen by his bishop to supervise a number of parishes within the diocese. 2. US. an official of a school, college, or university, esp. one in charge of students, faculty, or a division of studies. 3. a. the senior member of a particular group
1. (Education) the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty. 2. (Education) (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a college fellow with responsibility for undergraduate discipline. 3. (Anglicanism) chiefly Church of England the head of a chapter of canons and administrator of a cathedral or collegiate church. 4.
