单词 | doyen |
释义 | doyenn.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). < n.1422 |
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