doyen
pronunciation
How to pronounce doyen in British English:
UK [ˈdɔɪən]
How to pronounce doyen in American English:
US [dɔɪˈɛn, ˈdɔɪən, dwɑˈjæŋ]
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- Noun:
- a man who is the senior member of a group
Word Origin
- doyen
- early 15c., from Middle French doyen "commander of ten," from Old French deien (see dean).
Example
- 1. The doyen of french advertising shows no sign of slowing down , still less of standing down
- 2. But the case made out by the research department 's doyen , alistair cooke , is that it was the seedbed of tory social concern .
- 3. Even harvard business school , the doyen of the industry , now teaches programmes in china and india .
- 4. In tokyo for a show co-sponsored by a japanese department store , the 88-year-old doyen of french fashion also said that it is now much harder for designers than when he first started in the business roughly 60 years ago .
- 5. Mr nye is everything that mr khanna might wish one day to become : doyen of harvard foreign-policy analysts , elite washington public-servant , celebrated author .