Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dean n.

[play on academic title: the dean is responsible for campus discipline]

(US black) a police officer.

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[[US]Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 67: dean of men The principal keeper of a jail; the warden of a penitentiary].
[US]Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 dean Definition: police officer Example: Damn nigga, whys dat dean always watchin me?