Sentence example with the word 'doyen'

doyen

artist, bellwether, doyenne, father, guide, kingfish, leader, older, pilot, senior, top dog

Definition n. a man who is the senior member of a group

Last update: July 11, 2015


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Ravindra Nath Tagore was the doyen of our country. .   [noun]

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Playing classic New Orleans and swinging jazz, he is a doyen of the music of Sidney Bechet.   [noun]

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As a scholar he has established a pre-eminent reputation as being the doyen of American commentators on British politics.   [noun]

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In 1836 he was elected a member of the Academie des sciences politiques et morales, was raised to the peerage in 1839 and in 1843 became doyen of the faculty of law.   [Please select]

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Old Doyen, the sculptor, was the first to approach them.   [Please select]

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"After the railway strike this is rather refreshing," I said to O'Rane, as we advanced inch by inch towards the doorway where Count Ristori, the doyen of the _Corps Diplomatique_, was receiving on behalf of his colleagues.'   [Please select]

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