n.[C]

1. （大学的）教务长；学院院长
   the dean of the law school

   法学院院长

2. 【英】（剑桥、牛津大学的）学监
3. （某些大学的）训导主任，事务主任
4. （天主教的）首席司祭；地方主教
5. （圣公会的）司祭长，教长
6. （一个团体中的）资格最老者，长老，泰斗
   the dean of American letters

   美国文坛泰斗

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.