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deanesses

deanesses is the plural of deaness.

Meaning of deaness

Noun

deaness (plural deanesses)

  1. (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent.
  2. (rare) 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
  3. (rare) 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

Questions about deanesses

What is deanesses the plural of?
Deanesses is the plural of deaness.

Words near deanesses in the dictionary

  1. deaneries
  2. deaners
  3. deanery
  4. deanesmithite
  5. deaness
  6. deanesses
  7. Deang
  8. Deangela
  9. DeAngelis
  10. DeAngelises
  11. DeAngelo

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