Definizione monolingua

dean

dean

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of dar

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 countrys most senior ambassador

   dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature

   • 1955, Rex Stout, ""The Next Witness"", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 67:

     All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean, Alice Hart, collected […]

4. (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).

Definizione dizionario dean

	decano
	church dignitary
	senior member of a group

dean

preside

Altri significati:

the senior member of some group of people

a dignitary or 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).

senior official in college or university