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Definition of Doyen
1. Noun. A man who is the senior member of a group. "He is the dean of foreign correspondents"
Definition of Doyen
1. n. Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians.
Definition of Doyen
1. Noun. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men. ¹
2. Noun. The senior, or eldest male member of a group. ¹
3. Noun. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doyen
1. the senior member of a group [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doyen
Literary usage of Doyen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1881)
"L—LE doyen DE ... dana ce jugement au pied bye, quo is profonde admiration pour
le doyen Stanley qui était du coup mis hors do pair an milieu do son peuple, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"When Maitre Labori was shot, M. doyen at once made up his mind that the ... M.
Labori was the friend of his boyhood, and M. doyen was not the man to ..."
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