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dean

DEFINITIONS OF: dean

1

n an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

Type of:
academic administrator
an administrator in a college or university

n a man who is the senior member of a group

“he is the dean of foreign correspondents”
Synonyms:
doyen
Type of:
elder, senior
a person who is older than you are

n (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals

Type of:
cardinal
(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
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