Doyen vs Chief - What's the difference?
doyen | chief |
(obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
* 1997 , Thomas Swan, The Cezanne Chase ,
* 2000 , Steve Fuller, Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times ,
* 2007 , Vanina Bouté, Political Hierarchical Processes among Some Highlanders of Laos'', François Robinne, Mandy Sadan (editors), ''Social Dynamics in the Highlands of Southeast Asia ,
(colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
* 1991 , Arif Dirlik, Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution ,
* 2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “
* 2011 , Maitrii Aung-Thwin, The Return of the Galon King: History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma ,
(senseid)A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 4:
(heraldiccharge) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.
* 1889 , Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry :
(senseid)A head officer in a department, organization etc.; a boss.
An informal address to an equal.
Primary; principal.
As nouns the difference between doyen and chief
is that doyen is most senior representative of a certain group, usually in diplomacy, academia or performing arts, doyen while chief is (senseid)a leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.As an adjective chief is
primary; principal.doyen
English
Noun
(en noun)page 171,
- At every turn, Collyers's aggressive new management in London was out-maneuvering and out promoting the double doyens of the rarefied art auction world. Old-timers at Collyers referred to Christie's and Sotheby's as “the Cow and the Sow,” lumping them together in frequent attitudes of disdain, in an attempt to make up for decades of being the brunt of bad jokes.
page 383,
- Conant's sense of science's world-historic mission did not especially endear him to Harvard's doyens , most of whom still operated with a liberal arts college model of the university in which the humanities reigned supreme and even the natural sciences were treated more as teaching than research subjects.
page 189,
- On the domain level, two doyens', called “Lords of the Land” were entitled to some further specific prerogatives, including the right to lead rituals on behalf of all the villages of the domain (i.e. the domain of the clan of the ' doyen and, therefore, the clan considered the founder of the oldest village).
page 129,
- Unlike the latter, however, Shifu's seriousness allowed no compromise; his criticism of Zhang ji even brought him into conflict with Wu Zhihui, one of the doyens of anarchism in China.
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- In an interview, even , another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution.
page 199,
- For these doyens of the field, the Burmese conceptual landscape was a sophisticated and complex array of beliefs, exhibiting the ability of communities to adapt, appropriate, and reshape external influences throughout history.
Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia chief)Noun
(en noun)- My father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief by both blood and custom.
- When the Chief' is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be "''On a '''Chief ".
- All firefighters report to the fire chief .
- Hey, chief.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
(chief) * chief constable * chiefess * chief executive * chief executive officer/CEO * chief legal officer * chief mate * chief of staff * chief of state * chief petty officer * commander in chief * dexter chief * editor in chief * fire chief * in chief * police chief * war chiefAdjective
(-)- Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.