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A commander in charge of ten men.
The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
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A light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
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2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “Mars, Venus, Babies, and Hormones”, in ''(magazine)|Slate'',

In an interview, even Baron-Cohen|Simon Baron-Cohen, another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution.

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dean
senior member, (l)
to thaw, to melt
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