"deaness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deanesses [plural]
Etymology: dean + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dean|ess|nocat=1}} dean + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} deaness (plural deanesses)
  1. (rare) A nun who serves as dean in a convent. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-deaness-en-noun-9SskJEIY
  2. (rare) A female dean (head of a university faculty). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-deaness-en-noun-IVBN8kgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), English terms suffixed with -ess (wife) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 82 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 6 87 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (wife): 10 64 26
  3. (rare) The wife of a dean. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-deaness-en-noun-A3Xgs6Z1

Inflected forms

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