dean

noun

\ ˈdēn

Definition of dean

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : the head of the chapter of a collegiate or cathedral church

b : a Roman Catholic priest who supervises one district of a diocese

2a : the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university

b : a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining students

3 : doyen sense 1

Dean

biographical name

\ ˈdēn

Definition of Dean (Entry 2 of 2)

Sir Patrick 1909–1994 British diplomat

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Synonyms & Antonyms for dean

Synonyms: Noun

doyen, elder, elder statesman, éminence grise, nestor, senior

Antonyms: Noun

baby, junior

Examples of dean in a Sentence

Noun

She's the dean of the university's business school. the dean of liberal arts

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Bastable named to dean’s list Naperville resident Jack Bastable was named to the spring dean’s list at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville People in the News," 29 June 2018 Brittney Jackson Students' tuition at the University of Louisville will rise again after a year-long freeze on those rates thanks to the school's new budget, which also requires the university's deans to slash their expenses by 5 percent. — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, "University of Louisville tuition will increase as schools cut 5%," 20 June 2018 Then, Carlson asked the new dean and Ford’s successor, Elizabeth Francis-Connolly, for a new supervisor, and she was rebuffed. — Ben Guarino, The Verge, "An academic reported sexual harassment. Her university allegedly retaliated," 12 Nov. 2018 Hadžikadić has taken several leadership roles in UNCC's college of computing and informatics, including as its founding dean, head of its complex systems institute and director of the Data Science Institute, according to Mili. — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, "This UNC Charlotte professor is running for president – of Bosnia. And he's gaining support. | Charlotte Observer," 18 Apr. 2018 Kumar joined Booth in 2011 as its dean after 14 years at Stanford University. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "Former Booth School dean sells Near North condo for $1.7 million," 31 Aug. 2017 Our dean of students was in the habit of dressing up in black leather and riding his Harley-Davidson around the campus late at night, with the goal of busting students for the crime of leaving their dormitories after evening sign-in. — Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country, "How John Palfrey Is Bringing America's Most Elite Boarding School Into the Digital Age," 7 July 2015 Read more: Larsen is a former law professor and special counsel to the dean at the University of Michigan who also clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, "3 Michigan judges on Trump's Supreme Court replacement list," 27 June 2018 Her mother is the dean and a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing in Storrs. — New York Times, "A Near-Death Experience Led Them to the Altar," 22 June 2018

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