Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doyen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doyen
n : a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean
of foreign correspondents" [syn: {dean}]
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