Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Doyen \Doy`en"\, n. [F. See {Dean}.]
   Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the
   doyen of French physicians. ``This doyen of newspapers.''
   --A. R. Colquhoun.

Source : WordNet®

doyen
     n : a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean
         of foreign correspondents" [syn: {dean}]