Usually means: Experienced, respected senior member, expert.
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  1. doyen: Merriam-Webster
  2. doyen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doyen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doyen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doyen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doyen, doyen: Wordnik
  7. doyen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. doyen: Wiktionary
  9. doyen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. doyen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. doyen: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Doyen, doyen: Dictionary.com
  13. Doyen (disambiguation), Doyen (horse), Doyen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. doyen: Rhymezone
  15. doyen: FreeDictionary.org
  16. doyen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. doyen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. doyen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  19. doyen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. doyen: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (doyen)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
▸ noun:  The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
▸ noun:  (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

Similar:
dean, decener, commander, vicenary, old man, decurion, majordomo, pentecoster, dominus, major domo, more...

Opposite:
novice, beginner, newcomer

Types:
doyen of industry, doyen of medicine, doyen of law, doyen of academia, more...

Adjectives:
acknowledged, old, great, undisputed, late, long, respected, then, venerable, french, portrat

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Similar:
dean, decener, commander, vicenary, old man, decurion, majordomo, pentecoster, dominus, major domo, more...

Opposite:
novice, beginner, newcomer

Types:
doyen of industry, doyen of medicine, doyen of law, doyen of academia, more...

Adjectives:
acknowledged, old, great, undisputed, late, long, respected, then, venerable, french, portrat

Colors:
    burgundy,     charcoal,     emerald,     gold,     maroon, more...



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