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Singular
dean

Plural
deans

dean (plural deans)

  1. 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)
  2. a dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon
  3. the senior member of some group of people
    • dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
    • dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
  4. (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).

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dean

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of dar.