Definition of "doyen" in inglés

noun

1. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.

2. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.

3. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

   • 2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “Mars, Venus, Babies, and Hormones”, in Slate, In an interview, even Simon Baron-Cohen, another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution.