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)
- (religion) dean
- (obsolete) head of a group of ten
See also
- decanazgo
Further reading
- “deán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014