1. An ecclesiastical dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches, and the head of a chapter; an officer in each college of the English universities; the head of a faculty in a university. Dean and chapter, a bishop's council to aid him with their advice in the spiritual and temporal concerns of his see. Rural dean, one who has the ordering of ecclesiastical affairs in a remote part of a diocese. Dean of guild, in Scotland, originally the head of a guildry, and, as such, a member of the municipality of a royal burgh, now a magistrate whose duty it is to see to the security of buildings, &c. The dean of faculty, the head of the faculty of advocates in Scotland.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• neean,
• deas,
• dea,
• deap,
• cean,
• deanry,
• denal,
• denae,
• tearn,
• deiny,
• deawn,
• diann,
• doesn,
• denan,
• deat,
• deaer,
• defen,
• drian,
• doasn,
• diaan

• deweyan,
• dennehy,
• Deana,
• DENO,
• den,
• Denney,
• Dena,
• Deanne,
• dead,
• Denna,
• demay,
• dehne,
• mean,
• dehn,
• deem,
• Deeann,
• deal,
• DENN,
• dear,
• Deonna,
• bean,
• Deanna,
• Dewan,
• dehaan,
• demo,
• Deeanna,
• Deane,
• lean,
• -ean,
• demaio,
• Deann,
• deaf,
• deny,
• Dewayne,
• Deena,
• Dennie,
• Deen,
• Denny,
• demayo,
• Deon,
• Denae.

The adjective form of the word "dean" is "deanly".

The plural of the "dean" can be the "deans".

The singular of the "dean" can be the "dean".