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1 doyen -- rank: 1000

doyen definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a man ... group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, from Old French deien ... court. Etymology: F (as DEAN(1)) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Doyen Doy`en", n. [F. See Dean.] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. ``This doyen of newspapers.'' --A. R. Colquhoun. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (doyens) If you refer to a man as the doyen of a group or profession, you mean that he ...

2 Dean -- rank: 564

... group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] 4: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of ... school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining students 3. doyen 1 • dean intransitive verb • deanship noun Merriam Webster's biographical ... university faculty or department or of a medical school. 3 = DOYEN. Phrases and idioms: Dean of Faculty the president of the ... Dean Dean, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief ... coadjutor, commander, curate, dean of men, dean of women, diocesan, doyen, doyenne, ecclesiarch, elder, eldest, exarch, executive, executive director, executive officer ...

3 Father -- rank: 343

... title in personifications (Father Time). 10 the oldest member or doyen (Father of the House). 11 (usu. in pl.) the leading ... daughter, dean, derive from, designer, deviser, dignitary, dignity, discoverer, do, doyen, doyenne, effect, effector, effectuate, elder, eldest, encourager, engender, engenderer, engineer ...

4 doyenne -- rank: 343

... a group Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, feminine of doyen Date: circa 1897 a woman who is a doyen Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (doyennes) If you refer to a ...

5 Pilot -- rank: 217

... and-try, dashboard, deal with, dean, direct, docking pilot, dodger, doyen, dragoman, drive, driver, drover, empirical, engineer, escort, experimental, face mask ...

6 Personage -- rank: 217

... character, chief, constellation, creature, cue, customer, cynosure, dean, dignitary, dignity, doyen, doyenne, duck, earthling, elder, eminence, fat part, father, feeder, fellow ...

7 older -- rank: 217

... Old Paar, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, centenarian, ci-devant, dean, dotard, doyen, doyenne, earlier, early, elder, eldest, father, first, first-born, firstling ...

8 Leader -- rank: 217

... dean, debating point, defense counsel, demand, dignitary, director, district attorney, doyen, doyenne, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, drug, drum major ...

9 Lead -- rank: 217

... direct, direction, direction post, discipline, dispose, distance, diva, dominion, dot, doyen, draft horse, draw down, draw on, dray horse, driving horse ...

10 important person -- rank: 217

... brass, brass hat, celebrity, chief, constellation, cynosure, dean, dignitary, dignity, doyen, doyenne, elder, father, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man, hero ...

11 Monastic dean -- rank: 217

... Dean Dean, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief ...

12 Master -- rank: 217

... docent, doctor, doctorate, domesticize, domiciliate, dominant, dominate, dominie, don, down, doyen, doyenne, easy winner, educationist, educator, effector, elder, elder statesman, employer ...

13 Expert -- rank: 217

... dead shot, deft, developed, dexterous, dextrous, dilettante, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatist, doyen, elder statesman, epicure, epicurean, excellent, exemplary, experienced, experienced hand, experimental ...

14 Elder -- rank: 217

... supervisor, dad, deacon, deaconess, dean, dignitary, dignity, doctor, dodo, dotard, doyen, doyenne, earlier, early, ecclesiarch, elder statesman, elderliness, elderman, elders, eldest ...

15 Dean's stall -- rank: 217

... Dean Dean, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief ...