deán

  • 11Dean — Dean, Déan, Le Déan Nom surtout porté en Bretagne (35). C est une forme bretonne du français doyen (latin decanus), qui n avait pas au moyen âge le sens de doyen d âge. Il était en général réservé à la hiérarchie ecclésiastique, mais on le… …

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  • 12Déan — Dean, Déan, Le Déan Nom surtout porté en Bretagne (35). C est une forme bretonne du français doyen (latin decanus), qui n avait pas au moyen âge le sens de doyen d âge. Il était en général réservé à la hiérarchie ecclésiastique, mais on le… …

    Noms de famille

  • 13Dean — m English: transferred use of the surname, which has a double origin. In part it is a local name for someone who lived in a valley (Middle English dene, Old English denu), in part an occupational name for someone who served as a dean, i.e.… …

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  • 14dean — [di:n] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: deien, from Late Latin decanus person in charge of ten others , from Latin decem ten ] 1.) a priest of high rank in the Christian church who is in charge of several priests or churches 2.) someone… …

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  • 15Dean — Dean, Dizzy (1911 74) a US ↑baseball player who was a famous ↑pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals team in the 1930s, helping them win the World Series in 1934. He was famous for achieving more ↑strikeouts than any other pitcher. Dean 2 Dean, James …

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  • 16Dean — Dean, TX U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 341 Housing Units (2000): 136 Land area (2000): 2.141622 sq. miles (5.546776 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.001593 sq. miles (0.004127 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.143215 sq. miles (5.550903 sq. km)… …

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  • 17Dean, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 341 Housing Units (2000): 136 Land area (2000): 2.141622 sq. miles (5.546776 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.001593 sq. miles (0.004127 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.143215 sq. miles (5.550903 sq. km) FIPS code:… …

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  • 18dean — [dēn] n. [ME den < OFr deien, dean < LL(Ec) decanus, chief of ten monks < LL(Ec), leader of ten < L decem, TEN] 1. a) the presiding official of a cathedral or collegiate church b) R.C.Ch. a priest chosen by his bishop to supervise a… …

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  • 19dean|er|y — «DEE nuhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. 1. the position or authority of a dean. 2. the residence or district of a dean: »... those joint church magazines which are published by the rural deaneries (J. W. Robertson Scott) …

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  • 20Dean [1] — Dean (spr. Dihn), 1) Flecken in der englischen Grafschaft Gloucestershire, Wollzeug , Nägel u. Stecknadelfabriken; 900 Ew.; dabei der Eichenwald Dean Forest; 2) Insel zum Paumotu Archipel od. die Gruppe der Niedrigen Inseln (südöstliches… …

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