(dēn) noun
1. The chief ecclesiastical officer of a cathedral or of a collegiate church.
2. Chiefly Brit. An ecclesiastical officer, often acting as a deputy of a bishop or archdeacon in the administration of part of a diocese: also called rural dean.
3. An executive officer of a college or university, having jurisdiction over a particular class or group of students, or acting as head of a faculty: dean of men, dean of the law school.
4. The senior member, in length of service, of an association or body of men: the dean of American composers. [<OF deien <LL decanus head of ten men <L decem ten]

(dēn), Forest of
A wooded district of western Gloucester, England.