Doyen Definition

doi-ĕn, doiən, dwä-yăɴ
doyens
noun
doyens
The senior member of a group, esp. one regarded as an authority because of superior knowledge and long experience.
Webster's New World

(colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

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Other Word Forms of Doyen

Noun

Singular:
doyen
Plural:
doyens

Origin of Doyen

  • Probably French from Old French doien from Late Latin decānus chief of ten dean

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French doyen, from Latin decānus from Greek δεκανός. Compare dean.

    From Wiktionary

Doyen Sentence Examples

  • Even more surprising is the absence of awards for ' Emperor ', the doyen of yellow trumpet daffodils.

  • This also features the voices of Scarlett Johansson and Alec Baldwin, rapidly becoming the doyen of kid's movies.

  • In 1836 he was elected a member of the Academie des sciences politiques et morales, was raised to the peerage in 1839 and in 1843 became doyen of the faculty of law.

  • On the 15th of August 1461, Louis was anointed at Reims, and Philip of Burgundy, as doyen of the peers of France, placed the crown on his head.

  • Vigee-Lebrun, Marie-Anne Elisabeth (1755-1842), French painter, was born in Paris, the daughter of a painter, from whom she received her first instruction, though she benefited more by the advice of Doyen, Greuze, Joseph Vernet and other masters of the period.

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Words Starting With

DDODOY

Words Ending With

NENYEN

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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