English Explanatory Dictionary

deaness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
  2. A female dean (head of a university faculty).
  3. The wife of a dean.

Word forms

deaness deanesses

Etymology

From dean + -ess.

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