D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Doyen

/(dwä`yäN")/ · Doy·en · IPA /ˈdɔɪ.ən/
01 n. Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians.
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    Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians.