1syllable
deans
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Definitions ofdeans
1noun
- A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
- A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
- The senior member of some group of people.
1verb
- To serve as a dean.
- To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.
1noun
- (chiefly in place names) A hill.
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