dean
noun
[ diːn ]
• the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.
• the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school.
Similar:
faculty head,
department head,
head of faculty,
head of department,
college head,
provost,
university official,
head,
chief,
director,
leader,
principal,
president,
governor,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’. Compare with doyen.
dean
noun
• variant spelling of dene1.
dene
noun
• a vale, especially the deep, narrow wooded valley of a small river.
• "Rottingdean"
Origin:
Old English denu, of Germanic origin; related to den.
