Definition: (noun) The senior member of a group, profession, or society.
Synonyms: dean.
Usage: Raffles regarded me with that tantalizing smile of his...and in a flash I was convinced that our most jealous enemy and dangerous rival, the doyen of an older school, had paid him yet another visit.
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