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)

1. (religion) dean
2. (obsolete) head of a group of ten

See also

• decanazgo

Further reading

• “deán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10