doyenne

[ US /ˌdɔɪˈɛn/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔ‍ɪən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a woman who is the senior member of a group
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  • The "doyenne" of the fawning press corps was also shown going after President Reagan on the trumped-up "Iran-Contra" case. Accuracy In Media
  • This is their first professional outing to Edinburgh, which they hoped, in part, to finance through donations from the doyennes of British crime drama.
  • Helen Thomas, Dean (or "doyenne") of the press corps, for the first time in several decades, was relegated to the third row and was not allowed to ask Bush a question (she's known to ask tough questions and would not play ball in the charade) 4. The Blog from Another Dimension
  • The doyenne of New Zealand letters, and a woman especially respected for her success in combining sound historical scholarship with writing for children, turned eighty-five.
  • The doyenne of method acting was quoted as saying, ‘I've worked with a lot of people, but you've got real potential.’
  • The project's director is a doyenne of progressive-education pedagogy in America.
  • In The Thorn Birds, Father Ralph is in unwilling thrall to rich Mary Carson, the doyenne of the region, on whom his hopes for a big donation to the Catholic church reside. Father Ralph and Humbert Humbert « Tales from the Reading Room
  • The doyennes of television are head to head in the competition to present the books programme for the soon-to-be-launched digital channel.
  • Author John Tiffany sheds light on this fascinating doyenne in his new book, "Eleanor Lambert: Still Here. Fashion's First Lady
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