Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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.
Borrowed from French doyen, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Compare the doublet dean.
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