Doyen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doyen \Doy`en"\ (dw[aum]`y[aum]N"), 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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  doyen
       n : a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean
           of foreign correspondents" [syn: {dean}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "doyen":
     artist, authority, bell cow, bellwether, chief, dean, doyenne,
     elder, eldest, father, first-born, firstling, guide, high priest,
     important person, kingfish, kingpin, lead, leader, master, maven,
     older, oldest, personage, pilot, principal, proficient, senior,
     sire, superior, top dog, virtuoso