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DOYEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doyen mean? 

DOYEN (noun)
  The noun DOYEN has 1 sense:

1. a man who is the senior member of a groupplay

  Familiarity information: DOYEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOYEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who is the senior member of a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dean; doyen

Context example:

he is the dean of foreign correspondents

Hypernyms ("doyen" is a kind of...):

elder; senior (a person who is older than you are)


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