Definition of "vice-dean" []

• In British cathedrals, a canon annually chosen to represent the dean in his absence. (noun)
• A subdean. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Ivo Arnold , a professor of economics and vice-dean at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam said Mr. Knot is a good candidate to succeed Mr. Wellink given both his monetary and regulatory experience."
• "It was a suspicion of Robert Thomas Fallon, a vice-dean of a society, which Margaret of Anjou appears in 4 Shakespeare plays."
• "This tragedy definitely deserves widespread attention, because it keeps happening again and again, said Yin Jinfu, vice-dean of the Public Prosecution Department of the Nanjing Municipal Procuratorial Department."