The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
doyen n 1: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen]