DOYEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who is the senior member of a group

Example:

he is the dean of foreign correspondents

Synonyms:

dean; doyen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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