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باللغة العربية: عميد، رئيس جامعة

1. A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
2. The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even (rare, obsolete) muezzins.
3. The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
4. A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
5. A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
6. A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs. (US)
7. A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees.
8. Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.

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