deán

See also: dean, Dean, déan, and dèan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of decano, a borrowing from Latin, and of the rare or archaic degano, an inherited term.

Noun

deán m (plural deanes)

  1. (religion) dean
  2. (obsolete) head of a group of ten

See also

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