Noun (short for noun) [C]

1 (university) provost; prexy

Dean of law school

Dean of law school

British proctor (Cambridge, Oxford University)

The head of a discipline (in some universities)

4 (Catholic) chief priests; Local bishop

(Anglican Church) the chief priest, the imam.

6 (in a group) the most qualified elders, elders and teachers.

Dean of American College of Arts

American literary master