deaness
English
Etymology
dean + -ess
Noun
deaness (plural deanesses)
- (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
- (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.
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- (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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Anagrams
- Edessan