Definition of dean

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Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

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Proboscidean :: Proboscidean (a.) Proboscidian.
Decanal :: Decanal (a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
Dean :: Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college..
Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
Deanery :: Deanery (n.) The residence of a dean.
Chaldean :: Chaldean (n.) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans..
Orchidean :: Orchidean (a.) Orchidaceous.
Pycnaspidean :: Pycnaspidean (a.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
Syrinx :: Syrinx (n.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together; -- called also pandean pipes.
Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..
Chaldean :: Chaldean (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.
Hypohyal :: Hypohyal (a.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal..
Subdecuple :: Subdecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
Archpriest :: Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean..
Assidean :: Assidean (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans..
Holaspidean :: Holaspidean (a.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
Jaspidean :: Jaspidean (a.) Alt. of Jaspideou.
Dean :: Dean (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop..
Sotadean :: Sotadean (a.) Sotadic.
Andean :: Andean (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.
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