noun see: dean Date: 1670 1. the senior member of a body or group, a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor, the oldest example of a category
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Meaning of DOYEN in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012