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Meaning
Noun
●
In Occupations:
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).
●
A
dignitary
or
presiding
officer
in certain
church
bodies
, especially an
ecclesiastical
dignitary
,
subordinate
to a
bishop
,
in charge
of a
chapter
of canons.
●
In People:
The
senior
member
of some group of people.
●
In Sussex English:
A hill.
●
In Northumbrian English:
Alternative form of dene.
Verb
●
To
serve
as a dean.
●
In Cambridge University English & Oxford University English:
To
send
(
a student
) to see the
dean
of a
college
or university.
Name
●
A
title
afforded
to a dean.
●
A
habitational
surname
from Middle English from Middle English
dene
“valley”.
●
A
male
given name
transferred
from the
surname
or
originating
as an
occupation
derived
from the title.
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
village
and
civil parish
in Allerdale
borough
, Cumbria (OS
grid
ref
NY0725).
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
hamlet
in Kentisbury
parish
, North Devon
district
, Devon (OS
grid
ref
SS6245).
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:;A
hamlet
in West Down
parish
, North Devon
district
, Devon (OS
grid
ref
SS5042).
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
hamlet
in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
parish
,
east
Dorset (OS
grid
ref
ST9715).
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
hamlet
in Bishop's Waltham
parish
, Winchester
district
, Hampshire (OS
grid
ref
SU5619).
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:;A
hamlet
in Sparsholt
parish
, Winchester
district
, Hampshire (OS
grid
ref
SU4431).
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
hamlet
in Spelsbury
parish
, West Oxfordshire
district
, Oxfordshire (OS
grid
ref
SP3422).
●
A placename:
Any of various
villages
and
hamlets
in England:
A
hamlet
in Cranmore
parish
, Mendip
district
, Somerset (OS
grid
ref
ST6744).
●
A placename:
A small
township
in the Shire of Hepburn,
central
Victoria, Australia.
●
A placename:
A small
community
in the Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
●
A placename:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Monterey County, California.
●
A placename:
A number of
places
in the United States:
An
unincorporated
community
in Appanoose County, Iowa.
●
A placename:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
ghost town
in Lander County, Nevada.
●
A placename:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
township
and
village
therein, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
●
A placename:
A number of
places
in the United States:
A
minor
city
in Clay County, Texas.
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Origin
dean
English
deen
Anglo-Norman
deien
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
decanus
Latin
decem
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Rector
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Director
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Lecturer
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President
Supervisor
Headmistress
Ceo
Chancellor
Governor
Coordinator
Alumni
School
Martin
Fellow
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Department
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Rhymes
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Keen
Dean
Peen
Mien
Mean
Seen
Teen
Zine
Been
Ween
Dene
Lean
Bean
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Jean
Jean
Yeen
Green
Scene
Skeen
Bleen
Tween
Clean
Rhyne
Glean
Queen
Preen
Irene
Sheen
Spean
Sheen
Stean
Demean
Beseen
Marine
'Tween
Spleen
Ravine
Unseen
Tajine
Bemean
Careen
Dudeen
Eugene
Sphene
Screen
Serene
Poteen
Scalene
Quinine
Shebeen
Emesene
Canteen
Demesne
Stettin
Cuisine
Obscene
Terrene
Apamene
Sardine
Engreen
Umpteen
Unclean
Machine
Fifteen
Joaquin
Sixteen
Thirteen
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Magazine
Gasoline
Crudzine
Nineteen
Pristine
Eighteen
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Intervene
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Christine
Letterzine
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Ultramarine
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Internecine
Red Bean
Enigma Machine
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