n.[C]

1. （大學的）教務長；學院院長
   the dean of the law school

   法學院院長

2. 【英】（劍橋、牛津大學的）學監
3. （某些大學的）訓導主任，事務主任
4. （天主教的）首席司祭；地方主教
5. （聖公會的）司祭長，教長
6. （一個團體中的）資格最老者，長老，泰斗
   the dean of American letters

   美國文壇泰斗

n.

1. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church.
   ▸ (also rural dean, area dean) Brit. a member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry.
2. the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school.
   ▸a college officer with a disciplinary role.

n.