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{
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"doyen":{
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"antonyms":[
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"recruit",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor":[],
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": the oldest example of a category":[],
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": the senior member of a body or group":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He is considered the doyen of political journalists.",
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"considered the doyen of American art critics",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Only under George Balanchine, the doyen of American ballet, did sylphlike figures become the norm. \u2014 Hannah Jackson, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
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"That\u2019s exactly what Charles Onyango-Obbo, the doyen of east African journalism, Ugandan by birth, and pan-African by work\u2014his footprints are to be found everywhere, from Nairobi to Johannesburg\u2014seeks to redress. \u2014 Peter Kimani, Quartz , 8 Jan. 2022",
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"Even after a strong post-pandemic recovery, shares such as GM and VW are very lowly rated relative to EV specialists, which offer investors huge growth potential, as well as to luxury doyen Ferrari. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"For the eternally young doyen of the Broadway musical, even revivals were an opportunity for trying something new. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"Last and dandiest is Roebuck Wright (Jeffrey Wright), a doyen of the Tastes and Smells department, who is hot on the scent of cuisine gendarmique. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"As habits go, stagewear collecting could be outr\u00e9 for anyone not named Marty Stuart, the guitarist and country doyen whose other hats have included Travis Tritt co-writer, sideman to Johnny Cash and TV emcee. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
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"In the face of a deficit of tens of thousands of votes in a close count following Peru\u2019s June 6 presidential election, Keiko Fujimori, the 46-year-old doyen of a right-wing political dynasty, declined to concede. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2021",
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"In the face of a deficit of tens of thousands of votes in a close count following Peru\u2019s June 6 presidential election, Keiko Fujimori, the 46-year-old doyen of a right-wing political dynasty, declined to concede. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 June 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Old French deien , from Late Latin decanus dean \u2014 more at dean":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8dw\u00e4-\u02ccya\u207f(n)",
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"-\u02cc(y)en",
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"\u02c8d\u022fi-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"old hand",
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"old-timer",
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"stager",
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"vet",
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"veteran",
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"warhorse"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015900",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |