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Word: dean
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Meaning:
Noun:
- a presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon
- 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'')
- Sussex a hill (chiefly place names).
- the senior member of some group of people
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Proper noun:
- A title afforded to a dean.
- male|from=surnames derived from the surname or from the title.
- habitational|from=Middle English|dot= surname from enm ''dene'' "valley".
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