n. Eccles., one of a body of men, either forming an order of the ministry or serving merely as elected officers of individual churches, whose chief duty is to assist a presbyter, priest, or other clergyman, especially in administering the eucharist and in the care of the poor.n. In Scotland, the president of an incorporated trade, who is the chairman of its meetings and signs its records.n. [Allusion not clear.] A green salted hide or skin weighing less than 8 pounds.To make or ordain deacon.To read out, as a line of a psalm or hymn, before singing it: sometimes with off: from an ancient custom of reading the hymn one or two lines at a time, the congregation singing the lines as read.To arrange so as to present a specious and attractive appearance; present the best and largest specimens (of fruit or vegetables) to view and conceal the defective ones: as, to deacon strawberries or apples.To sophisticate; adulterate; “doctor”: as, to deacon wine or other liquor.n. A hunter's name for the young of the elk or wapiti, Cervus canadensis.