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Definition: Doyen |
DoyenNoun1. A man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "doyen" was first used: 1422. (references) |
Etymology: Doyen \Doy`en"\, noun. [French expression See Dean.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DoyenSynonym: dean (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Age | Seniority, eldership; elders; (veteran); firstling; doyen, father; primogeniture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Doyen |
| Etymologies containing "doyen": Dean. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Doyen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Dean, doyen, presbyter, provost), Hungarian (dean, doyen), Swedish (Dean, doyen). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Docteur Doyen. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Doyen" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Doyen" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 54 | 46,184 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "doyen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Doyen | Last name | 170 | 43,996 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
doyen | 21 |
desi doyen | 4 |
de doyen humanite l | 3 |
doyen medipharm | 2 |
brinker doyen | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "doyen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عميد هيئة, عميد سلك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | старши (elder, head, headman, major, premier, ranking, senior, superior), доайен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dìkan (Dean). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Duyen's tarmtang (Doyen clamp), Doyen's spekulum (Doyen speculum), Doyen's sav (Doyen circular saw), Doyen's rougine (Doyen raspatory), Doyen's operation for pancreasfistel (Doyen operation), Doyen's operation (Doyen operation), Doyen's myombor (Doyen myoma drill), Doyen's metode (Doyen method), Doyen's kuglefraeser (Doyen burr), Doyen's bor (Doyen drill), valvulotomi ad modum Doyen (Doyen valvulotomy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | valvulotomie van Doyen (Doyen valvulotomy), valvotomie van Doyen (Doyen valvulotomy), speculum van Doyen (Doyen speculum), schedelzaag van Doyen (Doyen circular saw), schaafijzer van Doyen (Doyen raspatory), raspatorium van Doyen (Doyen raspatory), operatie van Doyen (Doyen operation, Doyen's operation), methode van Doyen (Doyen method), klem van Doyen (Doyen clamp), fraise van Doyen (Doyen burr), boor van Doyen (Doyen drill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | doyen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rangälteste (senior officer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξέστρο του Doyen (Doyen raspatory), πριόνι για τρυπανισμό του Doyen (Doyen circular saw), τρύπανο του Doyen (Doyen drill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זקן "ס'ל, חבר בכיר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | doyen (dean), rangidõs (Dean). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | anggota tertua. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | decano (Dean). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 主席外交官 (doyen of the diplomatic corps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅせきがい"うか" (doyen of the diplomatic corps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oyenday decano (dean). (various references) decan (Dean). (various references) старейшина (elder, presbyter), дуайен. (various references) doajen. (various references) decano (Dean). (various references) doyen (Dean), nestor (father). (various references) duayen, eski efendi, en kıdemli üye, üst rütbeli subay (senior officer). (various references) старійшина (ancient, elder, patriarch), дуай"н. (various references) vị lão th nh nhất. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | doyen. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "doyen": doyenne, doyennes, doyens. (additional references) | |
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"Doyen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dabydeen, Daoyu, dayen, dbyen, dcyen, ddyen, Deyan, deye, deyen, dfyen, dgyen, dhyen, diyen, djyen, dkyen, dlyen, dmyen, dnyen, doen, doena, doey, dogen, Doheny, d'oie, doken, dolen, domen, Doney, dopen, doren, Dosen, doten, Douyon, doven, dowen, doxen, doyan, Doyce, doyenb, doyene, doyenn, doyer, doyn, Doyne, doyo, D'oyre, dryen, Duben, dubyana, duyen, Duyn, dvoryane, D'yeh, dyen, dysen, Dyten, Dzyan, edyone, moyen, Rooyen, Royen, yoden. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-o-y" | |
-1 letter: deny, done, dyne, node, yond. | |
-2 letters: den, dey, doe, don, dye, end, eon, nod, ode, one, yen, yod, yon. | |
-3 letters: de, do, ed, en, ne, no, od, oe, on, oy, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-o-y" | |
+1 letter: beyond, donkey, doyens, dynode, hoyden, noyade, yonder. | |
+2 letters: annoyed, anodyne, beyonds, condyle, donkeys, doyenne, dynodes, ecdyson, enjoyed, honeyed, hoydens, hyenoid, moneyed, notedly, noyades, unyoked. | |
+3 letters: aerodyne, anodynes, aroynted, autodyne, boneyard, condyles, conveyed, convoyed, crayoned, cyanosed, deaconry, decoying, doyennes, drystone, dyspnoea, ecdysone, ecdysons, endogamy, endogeny, goldenly, gynecoid, honeydew, hoydened, hydrogen, hyoidean, idoneity, keynoted, modernly, monkeyed, phoneyed, pyrenoid, secondly, soddenly, syndrome, syphoned, threnody, uncloyed, wontedly, woodenly, yodeling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 79 65 6E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -.--. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01111001 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o y e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0079 0065 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3881917180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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