Associations to the word «Doyen»

Wiktionary

DOYEN, noun. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
DOYEN, noun. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
DOYEN, noun. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

Dictionary definition

DOYEN, noun. A man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin