doyen nounEtymology: French, from Old French deien, from Late Latin
decanus dean — more at deanDate: 1670 1.a. the senior member of a body or group b. a person
considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long
experience in some field of endeavor
2. the oldest example of a category
doyen
(doyens)
If you refer to a man as thedoyenof a group or profession, you mean
that he is the oldest and most experienced and respected member of it. (FORMAL)
...the doyen of political interviewers.N-COUNT: usu sing, usu the N of n [approval]
Doyen \Doy`en"\, n. [F. See Dean.]
Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the
doyen of French physicians. ``This doyen of newspapers.''
--A. R. Colquhoun.
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