deaness
deaness noun: a nun who serves as dean in a convent.
Noun
deaness (plural deanesses)
- A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
- A female dean (head of a university faculty).
- But now comes Deaness Kathleen Deignan.1986 June 4, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 86, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, →ISSN, page 2
- The wife of a dean.
- And as dean, with the help of his deaness, Eva Howe Stevens, he entertained every student in his home every year and made Cornell a Shangri-la.1969, “Stevens of Cornell: A Man for All Seasons”, in Arthur John Keeffe, editor, ABA Journal, volume 55, Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, →ISSN, page 495
Forms of deaness
| plural | deanesses |
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Origin of deaness
From dean + -ess.
Questions about deaness
- What does deaness mean?
- Deaness means a nun who serves as dean in a convent.
- What part of speech is deaness?
- Deaness is a noun.
- What is the plural of deaness?
- The plural of deaness is deanesses.
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