Words / B2

DEEN/diːn/

A dean is a senior person in a university faculty, or a senior priest in a cathedral: the dean of; a faculty dean. Head of faculty is a close twin; rector and vice-chancellor are other posts. Name the dean in the minutes, then the faculty. Mix-up: dean vs den; bean; do not write dean for a form tutor or a parish vicar unless the source uses dean.

Meaning

A senior person in a university faculty, or a senior priest in a cathedral.

Examples

• “Name the dean in the minutes, then the faculty, not a campus slogan.”
• “The cathedral dean featured in the diocese notes, which is the church sense — still name the cathedral.”

Good to know

the dean of; a faculty / cathedral dean. Close: head of faculty. Trap: den / a form tutor. Education and RS. A senior university or cathedral official — name the faculty or the church.

Near in meaning

faculty head, provost, cathedral priest

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