Read full poem →THE SATIRES OF DR JOHN DONNE, DEAN OF ST PAUL'S, VERSIFIED.
Dictionary Entry
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
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Common Phrases
. deanacheson deanhowells deanrusk deanswift deanstanley deandean williamdean associate
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Poetry examples for “dean”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Spedding, the biographer and editor of Lord Bacon ; Henry Alford,
Dean of Canterbury ; Richard Monckton Milnes (afterwards Lord
Houghton), who united the poet and the politician, and was the
Read full poem →141. dowager, the widow of a nobleman.
dean, the chief disciplinary officer of a college. Notice the
alliteration in 141-142. : :
Read full poem →Allen N C r 1611 Dean av........ «+» Maple-1441 | American Horticulture Co 522 Sec bld.Walnut-2730
Read full poem →Anderson Palmer r 710 Crocker st....... Red-8798 | Anwy] RM r 3008 School
Anderson Mrs Paul r 2718 Dean av... .Black-2348
Read full poem →Baldwin May r 306 15th Walnut-7936
Baldwin W D r 1445 Dean av Maple-2200
Bales Hallie r 800 2d
Read full poem →The gardener picks ripe gooseberries
For the Dean's supper to-night.
It is very quiet,
Read full poem →The famous criticism of Majors and Minors by William
Dean Howells in Harper’s Weekly, June 27, 1897 estab-
lished Dunbar’s prestige as an important figure in American
Read full poem →And growing every minute higher,
I reach’d the Dean’s. One blind was down,
Though nine then struck. My bride to be!
Read full poem →I woke at three; for I was bid
To breakfast with the Dean at nine,
And thence to Church. My curtain slid,