dean:

(plural: ‘deans‘)

Tanya M. Gallagher, Dean, College of Applied Health Science University, Illinois

(in education) a senior person in charge of a department of study (faculty) and/or a senior professor who is in charge of students’ academic progress and their behaviour in a college or university;

(in Christian Church) an officer (a senior religious person) in charge of several priests or church divisions;

the senior member of a group, e.g. the dean of press corps

(in Scottish law) the head of the faculty of advocates,

Dr Mohammed A. Al-Naafa, Dean, Hail Community College, Saudi Arabia

e.g.

A college dean’s duties include maintaining good relationships with the teaching staff/faculty and administration not only in academic areas but also in non-academic issues.

A church dean is responsible for the smooth conducting of religious functions following the Church norms.

A press corps dean must see that everything that is done or said by the government is made public and without any partiality.

Archimandrite Zacchaevs (Wood), Dean, the Church of St. Cahterine, Russia

 

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Note: ‘Dean’, always with a capital “D”, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Dean Martin, Betty Dean, Joseph Dean, etc.

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