doyen
/ˈdɔɪən
/ /ˈdwɑːjã /noun
The most respected or prominent person in a particular field: he became the doyen of British physicists...
- Madurai produced several doyens in different fields in the past and so it will in the years to come.
- This May will see the seventh edition of the music festival, once again bringing doyens of the field to the Capital.
- Then a doyen of the field turned up with a costume, wand and scent.
Origin
Late 17th century: via French from Old French deien (see dean1).
Rhymes
- ackamaraka
- ackee
- ack emma
- acker
- Ackerman
- Ackermann
- ackers
- acknowledge
- acknowledgeable
- acknowledged
- acknowledgedly
- acknowledgement
- acknowledgement-money
- acknowledger
- acknowledgment
- acknowledgment-money
- ACL
- a class apart
- a clean bill of health
- a clean break
- a clean sheet (or slate)
- aclinic line
- a close (or near) thing
- ACLU
- acme