1
a
: the head of the chapter of a collegiate or cathedral church
b
: a Roman Catholic priest who supervises one district of a diocese
2
a
: 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
dean
intransitive verb
Examples of dean in a Sentence
She's the dean of the university's business school.
the dean of liberal arts
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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Peter and Paul… and also served as dean of the Nemaha-Marshall deanery.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
His mother was dean of admissions at the University of Maryland School of Nursing; his father was chief of social work at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Peter and Paul… and also served as dean of the Nemaha-Marshall deanery.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
His mother was dean of admissions at the University of Maryland School of Nursing; his father was chief of social work at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dean
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dean. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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dean
noun1
: the head of the chapter of a cathedral church
2
a
: the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university
b
: a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling or disciplining students
3
: the senior member of a group
the dean of the diplomatic corps
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