Dean may refer to:
People
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Dean (given name)
Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins:
* Derived from the Greek language, Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others"; see also Dean (Christianity)
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Dean (surname) Dean is an English surname; it can also be of Scottish and Irish origin. A variant of this surname is Deane (name), Deane.
Notable people with the surname
*Angela Dean, British statistician
*Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, harpist
*Ardie Dean (born ...
, a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin
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Dean (South Korean singer)
Kwon Hyuk (; born November 10, 1992), better known by his stage name Dean (), is a South Korean alternative R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. On March 25, 2016, he released his debut EP, '' 130 Mood: TRBL'', and multiple collab ...
, a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk
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Dean Delannoit
Dean Delannoit (born 27 January 1989), most known by the mononym Dean, is a Belgian singer who was the winner of ''Idool 2007'', the third season of the Belgian version of ''Pop Idol''. His first album, ''So Many Ways'', released in 2007, spent ...
, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
* Dean Swift, a sobriquet for
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...
Titles
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Dean (Christianity)
A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and many Lutheran denominations. A dean's assistant ...
, persons in certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy
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Dean (education)
Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. In the United States and Canada, deans are usua ...
, persons in certain positions of authority in some educational establishments
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Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
The diplomatic corps () is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body.
The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission (ambassadors, high commissi ...
, most senior ambassador in a country's diplomatic corps
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Dean of the House The dean of the House is, in some legislatures, the member with the longest unbroken record of service.
U.C. Mandal, ''Dictionary Of Public Administration'' (2007), p. 123. Specific examples include:
* Dean of the United States House of Representat ...
, the most senior member of a country's legislature
Places
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Dean, Victoria, Australia
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Dean, Nova Scotia
Dean is a small farming and forestry community in the North Branch Musquodoboit in the Musquodoboit Valley along the Halifax Regional Municipality/ Colchester County county line, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, along Route 336. Other ...
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De'an County
De'an () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang in the north of Jiangxi, Jiangxi Province, China. Its total area is , and the population is as of 2010. This county is known for the residence of the parents of ...
, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
United Kingdom
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Dean, Bedfordshire
Dean or Over Dene is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Dean and Shelton, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It contained Lower Dean and Upper Dean. In 1931 the parish had a population of 277.
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* Dean, Cumbria
* Dean, Lynton and Lynemouth, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location in Devon
* Dean, Trentishoe, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location
* Dean, Dorset, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location
* Dean, Bishops Waltham, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location in Hampshire
* Dean, Sparsholt, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location in Hampshire
* Dean, Lancashire, a List of United Kingdom locations: De-Dee#Dea-Dee, location
* Dean, Oxfordshire
* Dean, Somerset, a hamlet in Cranmore
* Dean Village, Edinburgh
* Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
* Dene (valley), common toponym in England, often rendered 'dean' in place names
United States
* Dean, Iowa, an unincorporated community
* Dean, Nevada, ghost town
* Dean, Pennsylvania, a borough
* Dean, Texas, a city
Other
* Dean (film), ''Dean'' (film), a 2016 American film starring Demetri Martin
* Dean College, a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts
* Dean Foods, a dairy processor in Dallas, Texas
* Dean Guitars, American manufacturer of guitars and other stringed instruments
* Dean number, a dimensionless group in fluid mechanics, which occurs in the study of flow in curved pipes and channels
* Dean Trust, a group of schools in Manchester, England and the surrounding area
* Beast of Dean, a legendary creature said to live in the Forest of Dean, England
* Hurricane Dean, 2007 Atlantic hurricane
* USS Dean II, USS ''Dean II'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
* The Dean, a hotel in Providence, Rhode Island
See also
* Deane (disambiguation)
* Justice Dean (disambiguation)
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