dean

noun

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\ 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

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Rachel Kyte is dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021 McDermott was the dean of faculty at the Air Force Academy when Popovich was an undergraduate in the late 1960s. — Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Sep. 2021 Cruzado, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, left the U.S. territory to be dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University. — NBC news, 15 Sep. 2021 Bay is dean of the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 9 Sep. 2021 That message is out of date, said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021 That means the Delta variant is estimated to be two to three times more contagious than the original virus first seen in Wuhan, Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, said via email. — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 14 July 2021 Biden’s measures should help, but what’s really needed is a change in mindset for many people, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. — Zeke Miller, Chron, 10 Sep. 2021 Biden's measures should help, but what's really needed is a change in mindset for many people, said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2021

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