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)

(religion) dean
(obsolete) head of a group of ten

See also

decanazgo

Further reading

“deán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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