"doyen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɔɪ.ən/, /dɔɪˈɛn/, /dwɑˈjæ̃/ (note: to approximate the French pronunciation) Forms: doyens [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪən, -ɛn Etymology: Borrowed from French doyen, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Compare the doublet dean. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|doyen}} French doyen, {{der|en|LL.|decānus}} Late Latin decānus, {{der|en|la|decem}} Latin decem, {{doublet|en|dean|notext=1}} dean Head templates: {{en-noun}} doyen (plural doyens)
  1. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Leaders Translations ((obsolete) a commander): дуайе́н (duajén) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-doyen-en-noun-bEe5~jhO Disambiguation of Leaders: 59 27 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 16 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 15 34 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 47 5 18 11 3 8 8 Disambiguation of '(obsolete) a commander': 84 5 11
  2. The senior, or eldest male member of a group. Translations (the senior member): 老資格 (Chinese Mandarin), 老资格 (lǎozīgé) (Chinese Mandarin), 元老 (yuánlǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), plejaĝulo (Esperanto), pliaĝulo (Esperanto), grandaĝulo (Esperanto), profundaĝulo (Esperanto), doyen [masculine] (French), Altmeister [masculine] (German), decano [masculine] (Italian), 元老 (genrō) (alt: げんろう) (Japanese), 長老 (chōrō) (alt: ちょうろう) (Japanese), سرکرده (sarkarde) (Persian), старе́йшина (staréjšina) [masculine] (Russian), старшина́ (staršiná) [masculine] (Russian), degan [masculine] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-doyen-en-noun-FiiO0rFz Disambiguation of 'the senior member': 2 94 4
  3. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement. Tags: colloquial Translations ((colloquial) a leading light): Lichtgestalt [feminine] (German), Wortführer [masculine] (German), све́точ (svétoč) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-doyen-en-noun-MTGhkAcV Disambiguation of '(colloquial) a leading light': 3 4 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dean (alt: doublet), doyenne

Noun [French]

IPA: /dwa.jɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-doyen.ogg Forms: doyens [plural], doyenne [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|deien|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French deien, {{inh+|fr|fro|deien}} Inherited from Old French deien, {{inh|fr|LL.|decānus}} Late Latin decānus, {{inh|fr|la|decem}} Latin decem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} doyen m (plural doyens, feminine doyenne)
  1. (religion, university) dean Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-doyen-fr-noun--Jdncmp4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  2. senior member, doyen Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-doyen-fr-noun-jwu9L201
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: décanal, décanat, dix

Verb [Middle Dutch]

Forms: dôyen [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *thōien, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*thōien}} Old Dutch *thōien, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*þauwjan}} Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*þawjaną}} Proto-Germanic *þawjaną Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=dôyen|head2=}} dôyen, {{dum-verb|head=dôyen}} dôyen
  1. to thaw, to melt
    Sense id: en-doyen-dum-verb--Nr-xaIM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle Dutch]

Forms: dôyen [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=dôyen|head2=}} dôyen, {{dum-verb|head=dôyen}} dôyen
  1. Alternative form of douwen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: douwen
    Sense id: en-doyen-dum-verb-m2EaevfC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1997, Thomas Swan, The Cezanne Chase, page 171",
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          "ref": "2000, Steve Fuller, Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times, page 383",
          "text": "Conant's sense of science's world-historic mission did not especially endear him to Harvard's doyens, most of whom still operated with a liberal arts college model of the university in which the humanities reigned supreme and even the natural sciences were treated more as teaching than research subjects.",
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          "ref": "2007, Vanina Bouté, “Political Hierarchical Processes among Some Highlanders of Laos”, in François Robinne, Mandy Sadan, editors, Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia, page 189",
          "text": "On the domain level, two doyens, called “Lords of the Land” were entitled to some further specific prerogatives, including the right to lead rituals on behalf of all the villages of the domain (i.e. the domain of the clan of the doyen and, therefore, the clan considered the founder of the oldest village).",
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          "ref": "2020, Francis Annan, ~20:30 from the start, in Escape from Pretoria, Daniel Radcliffe (actor)",
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          "ref": "1991, Arif Dirlik, Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution, page 129",
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        {
          "text": "2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “Mars, Venus, Babies, and Hormones”, in Slate,\nIn an interview, even Simon Baron-Cohen, another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution."
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Maitrii Aung-Thwin, The Return of the Galon King: History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma, page 199",
          "text": "For these doyens of the field, the Burmese conceptual landscape was a sophisticated and complex array of beliefs, exhibiting the ability of communities to adapt, appropriate, and reshape external influences throughout history.",
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