dean, doyen
(noun) a man who is the senior member of a group; “he is the dean of foreign correspondents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
doyen (plural doyens)
(obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
(colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
• Doney, doney, noyed
Source: Wiktionary
Doy`en", n. [F. See Dean.]
Definition: Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
