Get to know Doyen better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like dean or elder.
Doyen meaning
- A commander in charge of ten men.
- The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
- A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
Using Doyen
- The main meaning on this page is: A commander in charge of ten men. | The senior, or eldest male member of a group. | A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
- Useful related words include: dean, elder, senior.
- In the example corpus, doyen often appears in combinations such as: doyen of, and doyen.
Context around Doyen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Doyen
- In this selection, "doyen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cipla, complaint, media, failed, ken and charged stand out and add context to how "doyen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include american documentary doyen fred wiseman and and media doyen ken callander. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "doyen" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with doyen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Doyen, gentleman, giant in every sense. (6 words)
These and five other of Doyen's films survive. (9 words)
Until 1906, the year of his last film, Doyen recorded more than 60 operations. (14 words)
Joan was the daughter of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée Jacques d'Arc (1380–1440) was a farmer at Domrémy who held the post of doyen – a local tax-collector and organizer of village defenses. (36 words)
Smith's NSW teammate Moises Henriques and media doyen Ken Callander also share in the ownership of Hogmanay, which took advantage of favourite Costello ($2.70) failing to find clear air in the straight. (34 words)
According to the complaint, Doyen failed to submit financial statements of any kind and only began doing so retroactively as of 2015, the judge has said, because of Football Leaks. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
Doyen of Indian cinema Javed Akhtar is an ace screenwriter, poet, and lyricist who has penned several beautiful and soulful shyaris, dialogues that touch the strings of our hearts.
Cipla doyen Dr YK Hamied, however, told shareholders that the stake-sale reports were “speculative”.
Doyen said gravel surfaces reduce traction for a cycle and limit the control a driver has while moving.
According to the complaint, Doyen failed to submit financial statements of any kind and only began doing so retroactively as of 2015, the judge has said, because of Football Leaks.
Smith's NSW teammate Moises Henriques and media doyen Ken Callander also share in the ownership of Hogmanay, which took advantage of favourite Costello ($2.70) failing to find clear air in the straight.
The doyen charged social scientists to sharpen their curiosity, rather than remain contented with dogmas and he referred to Moses’ request to see the face of God.
Doyen, gentleman, giant in every sense.
Reports emerged of a meeting between Juve officials and Doyen Sports to discuss the 22-year-old moving to Turin in the next transfer window.
Sorry to hear of the passing of Alyque Padamsee, creative guru, theatre personality and doyen of our ad industry.
The style is similar to the practice of American documentary doyen Fred Wiseman (At Berkeley), although thankfully this runs about half as long as the average Wiseman film.
Daly H, Doyen JT, and Purcell AH III (1998), Introduction to insect biology and diversity, 2nd edition.
In 1898, French surgeon Eugène-Louis Doyen invited Bolesław Matuszewski and Clément Maurice and proposed them to recorded his surigical operations.
Joan was the daughter of Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée Jacques d'Arc (1380–1440) was a farmer at Domrémy who held the post of doyen – a local tax-collector and organizer of village defenses.
These and five other of Doyen's films survive.
Until 1906, the year of his last film, Doyen recorded more than 60 operations.
Common combinations with doyen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- doyen of 2×
- and doyen 2×