doyen

• Clemens Petersen, who, since the decease of Heiberg, had been looked upon as the doyen of Danish critics—had pronounced against the poetry of Peer Gynt , and Ibsen, in one of his worst moods, in a bearish letter, had thrown the blame of this judgment upon Bjoernson. —  Henrik Ibsen
• Kreig threw him from the tier A warlord doyen-no witch king this one-rose beyond him Kreig moved forward, and the other dropped back into a defensive stance. —  Loren L
• Unlike some doyen, Kreig took to the field nearly every year, constantly challenging the world to match him. —  Loren L
• In the one, dated 1423, he is styled ' doyen ' (senior inhabitant) of the village, which gave him rank next to the Mayor. —  Joan of Arc
• Unfortunately I have not a record of all the people who were there, but I know that among them was Mr. Edward Price Bell of the Chicago Daily News , known throughout the newspaper world of London as the doyen of American correspondents. —  The Adventure of Living

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