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doy⋅en
[doi-en, doi-uh
n; Fr. dwa-yan] 
–noun, plural doy⋅ens [doi-enz, doi-enz; Fr. dwa-yan] .
[doi-enz, doi-enz; Fr. dwa-yan] . | the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc. |
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| doy·en (doi-ěn', doi'ən, dwä-yāɴ') n. A man who is the eldest or senior member of a group. [Probably French, from Old French doien, from Late Latin decānus, chief of ten; see dean.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : doyen
Spanish:
deán,
German:
der Dekan,
Japanese:
主任司祭
doyen
1422, from M.Fr. doyen "commander of ten," from O.Fr. deien (see dean). Fem. form doyenne is attested from 1905.
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