doyen
doyen
Definition
doyen (do̵i′ən, -en′; dwä yen′)
noun
the senior member of a group, esp. one regarded as an authority because of superior knowledge and long experience
Etymology: Fr: see dean
doyen
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- historian: Although Macaulay was the doyen of the Whig historians, Butterfield did not cite him explicitly.
- writer: The doyen of writers on math in the media is John Allen Paulos.
- study: J. G. Simms, the doyen of Irish Jacobite studies, drew the curtain on Jacobite Ireland after 1691.
- world: Dublin Horse Show in Ireland is a great social event for the doyens of the horse world.
- designer: Lethaby Gallery, Southampton Row, London WC1 Derek Birdsall has been described as the doyen of British book designers.
- music: Playing classic New Orleans and swinging jazz, he is a doyen of the music of Sidney Bechet.
Converse of object
- become: This also features the voices of Scarlett Johansson and Alec Baldwin, rapidly becoming the doyen of kid's movies.
