doyen
noun /ˈdɔɪən/
/ˈdɔɪən/
(North American English usually dean)
- the most respected or most experienced member of a group or profession
(某团体或职业中的)老前辈,资格最老者,元老 - Richard Dawkins, the doyen of evolutionary biologists
理查德 · 道金斯——进化生物学家的泰斗
词源late 17th cent.: via French from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’. - Richard Dawkins, the doyen of evolutionary biologists