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Dec 6, 2012
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PRONUNCIATION:
(doi-EN, DOI-uhn)
MEANING:
noun: The senior member of a group, profession, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French doyen (most senior member), from Latin decanus (chief
of ten), from decem (ten). Earliest documented use: 1422.
USAGE:
"[The financial sector's] doyens have gained powerful positions in
government, although this may be down to the modern assumption that
if people are rich they must be smart." The War on Finance; The Economist (London, UK); Feb 4, 2012. See more usage examples of doyen in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same. -Viktor Frankl, author, neurologist and psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor (1905-1997)
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