doyen

Noun
Synonyms: dean

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a man who is the senior member of a group“he is the dean of foreign correspondents”Synonyms: dean
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Webster's Dictionary (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.]
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