Dean

(noun.) an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals.

(noun.) a man who is the senior member of a group; 'he is the dean of foreign correspondents'.

(noun.) United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955).

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• Allston took him to England, and there introduced him to Benjamin West, the dean of painters and a man who was always eager to aid young countrymen of his who planned to follow his career. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In 1854 he was appointed Dean of the F aculty of Sciences at Lille, a town then officially described as the richest center of industrial activity in the n orth of France. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Becoming a dean or even a bishop would make little difference, I fear, to Mr. Casaubon's uneasiness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Thus Dr. Clayton, Dean of Kildare, Ireland, in 1688 distilled gas from coal and lit and burned it, and told his learned friend, the Hon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• On Sundays, and at periods of a solemn nature, Mrs. O'Dowd used to read with great gravity out of a large volume of her uncle the Dean's sermons. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He believes, like Dean Herbert, that species, when nascent, were more plastic than at present. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Herbert, Dean of Manchester, evidently the result of his great horticultural knowledge. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Dean Swift would have taken you 'for a lady of England! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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