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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
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