dean
noun [C] (LEADER) /diːn/Definition
› an official of high rank in a college or university who is responsible for the organization of a department or departments: She is the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. the Dean of MedicineUniversity and college educationTeachers › US someone among a group of people who has worked the longest in the particular job or activity they share, and who is their unofficial leader: Parsons is the dean of the TV news correspondents at Channel Nine.People in charge of or controlling other peopleBosses, managers and directors
(Definition of dean noun (LEADER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- academician noun
- associate professor noun
- board of education noun
- don noun
- educationalist noun
- fellow noun (MEMBER)
- handler noun (TRAINER)
- housemaster noun
- housemistress noun
- instructor noun
- lecturer noun
- lectureship noun
- mentor noun
- professorship noun
- rector noun
- residence noun
- schoolie noun
- schoolmarm noun
- scribe noun
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