decano.
senior, eldest person
Meaning & usage
senior, eldest person
decane
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deán (“dean”), which was borrowed from Old French, and of the archaic or rare Spanish degano (“head or administrator of a hacienda in the countryside”), which was inherited.
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