|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| dean [ deen ] (plural deans) |
noun |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. academic administrator: a senior member of the academic staff of a university or college who manages the whole institution or a department, faculty, or group of students
|
2. college adviser or rule enforcer: a member of the academic staff of a university, college or, sometimes, high school, responsible for the counseling and welfare of students, and sometimes for discipline
|
3. senior cleric: a senior member of the clergy who holds an administrative position in a cathedral or collegiate church, or in a division in a diocese
|
| [14th century. Via Old French deien< late Latin decanus "person in charge of ten others" < Latin decem "ten"] |
|
 dean·ship noun |
|
|
|
|
