dean

dean
[[t]din[/t]]
n.
1) edu
a) the head of faculty in a university or college
b) the head of a theological school
c) an official in a university or college in charge of discipline, counseling, or admissions
2) rel
a) the head of a cathedral or a collegiate church
b) a priest in the Roman Catholic or Anglican Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese
3) the senior member, in length of service, of any profession, field, etc.:
the dean of American composers[/ex]
Etymology: 1300–50; ME deen < OF deien < LL decānus chief of ten = L dec(em) ten +-ānus -an I dean′ship, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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