dean

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dean [dean deans] BrE [diːn] NAmE [diːn] noun
1. (in the Anglican Church)a priest of high rank who is in charge of the other priests in a ↑cathedral
2. (also ˌrural ˈdean) (BrE)a priest who is in charge of the priests of several churches in an area
3. a person in a university who is in charge of a department of studies
•the dean of the Faculty of Medicine
4. (in a college or university, especially at Oxford or Cambridge) a person who is responsible for the discipline of students
5. (NAmE) = ↑doyen
See also: ↑rural dean

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’. Compare with ↑doyen.

Example Bank:
•He was appointed dean of the faculty of theology at London University.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  doyen, Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean