dean: Meaning and Definition of

dean

1. the dean of admissions.
1. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:the dean of admissions.
2. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:the dean of men.
3. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
1. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
2. Also calledvicar forane.a priest in the Roman Catholic Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese.
3. the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.: the dean of lexicographers.

dean

1. dene.

Dean

1. 1931–55, U.S. actor.
2. (“Dizzy”), 1911–74, U.S. baseball pitcher.
3. a male given name: from the Old English family name meaning “valley.”