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单词 deaness
释义

deaness

English

Etymology

dean + -ess

Noun

deaness (plural deanesses)

  1. (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
  2. (rare) A female dean (head of a university faculty).
    • 1986 June 4, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 86, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISSN 0149-9270, page 2:
      But now comes Deaness Kathleen Deignan.
  3. (rare) The wife of a dean.
    • 1969, “Stevens of Cornell: A Man for All Seasons”, in Arthur John Keeffe, editor, ABA Journal, volume 55, Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, ISSN 0747-0088, page 495:
      And as dean, with the help of his deaness, Eva Howe Stevens, he entertained every student in his home every year and made Cornell a Shangri-la.

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  • Edessan
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