Dean

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A dean is a name commonly given someone with a senior role in an institution.

In a university, a dean is often the head of a division, faculty, college, or school.
In a school, a dean may have a counseling role and enforce discipline.
In a cathedral or other collegiate church, the dean is the chief resident clergyman, the head of the chapter of canons
In the Roman Catholic Church, a dean is responsible for a number of parishes within his diocese. In the Church of England, this official is called a 'rural dean.'

In geography, Dean is a common place name, meaning 'valley'.

Dean, Cumbria
Dean, Devon
Dean, Dorset
Dean, Hampshire
Dean, Oxfordshire
Dean, Somerset
Dean Prior, Devon
Dean Row, Greater Manchester
Deane, Greater Manchester
Deane, Hampshire
East Dean, East Sussex
East Dean, Hampshire
East Dean, West Sussex
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Hedgerley & Dean, Buckinghamshire
Lower Dean, Bedfordshire
Upper Dean, Bedfordshire
West Dean, Hampshire
West Dean, West Sussex

There are some notable people who are referred to by the name ""Dean".

Howard Dean was a presidential candidate in 2004 elections, and former Vermont governor.
Dean Martin was a musician, and member of the Rat pack
Dean Torrence was part of the musical group Jan and Dean
James Dean was an iconographic actor
Dean Allen is lead developer of Textpattern, a CMS and Blog software. He is also the co-founder of TextDrive, a brilliant Web hosting company.

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