декан — meaning in English

English meaning

• dean noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.
• provost noun A senior official who heads a university, college, or cathedral chapter.

Senses

декан is used for these senses in English:

• dean A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
• dean A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
• decane (organic compound) Any of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22

dean — full definition

1. noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.
2. noun A senior clergy member in charge of a cathedral chapter, ranking below a bishop.
3. noun The most senior or longest-serving member of a group.

provost — full definition

1. noun A senior official who heads a university, college, or cathedral chapter.
2. noun A senior military police officer, as in "provost marshal."
3. noun Historically, a mayor or chief magistrate of a town, especially in Scotland.

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