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单词 doyen
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doyenn.

Brit. /ˈdɔɪən/, /ˈdɔɪɛn/, /ˈdɔɪã/, U.S. /dɔɪˈ(j)ɛn/, /ˈdɔjən/
Forms: Also Middle English doien.
Etymology: < French doyen < Latin decānus dean n.1 In sense 1 from Old French; in sense 2 anew from modern French.
1. A leader or commander of ten. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 10
decurionc1384
doyen1422
deana1425
dizener1489
decener1555
decan1569
decadarch1794
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 214 Euery ledere [had] ten doiens, and..euery doiens ten men.
2. The senior member of a body. = dean n.1 10. Cf. doyenne n.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > senior person > [noun]
elderc1175
seniorc1380
elder mana1387
older1484
ancient1548
dad?1576
doyen1670
dean1687
daddy1877
key man1895
doyenne1905
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. v. 242 This was he..that was afterwards Doyen to the Council of State.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Nov. 3/2 A member of the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, of which he died the doyen.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 3 The doyen of the Russian press.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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