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1
a person with long experience in a specified area
- considered the doyen of American art critics
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2
the senior member of a group
- he's the doyen of American museum directors, and his opinion has considerable weight
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“Doyen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyen. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of doyen was in 1670
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