Crossword clues for doyenne
doyenne
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
doyenne \doy`enne"\ n. f. a female doyen.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, from fem. of French doyen (see doyen). As a type of pear, from 1731.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A female doyen. 2 The senior, or eldest female member of a group.
WordNet
n. a woman who is the senior member of a group
Usage examples of "doyenne".
This provoked hilarity among the onlookers, shaming to her and her nominee Albumarak, and quickly reproved by Doyenne Greetch, who reminded those in range of the loudeners of the antiquity of this custom.
The crowd, which had been chattering and moving restlessly, quieted as Doyenne Greetch introduced Quelf over booming loudeners.
Aurelia would cope with the change from landlady of a thriving insula to doyenne of the closest thing Rome had to a palace.
Socialites from all over the state perked up, now that the doyenne of charitable functions was back in town.
Anthony Pelletier, the doyenne of Hobe Sound, was the arbiter of all social d.
Caesar had wondered how Aurelia would cope with the change from landlady of a thriving insula to doyenne of the closest thing Rome had to a palace.
The Board of the EFF: John Barlow, Jerry Berman of the ACLU, Stewart Brand, John Gilmore, Steve Wozniak, and Esther Dyson, the doyenne of East-West computer entrepreneurism -- share his gift, his vision, and his formidable networking talents.
The house was like an aging doyenne, trying to present the elegant faqade of youth, but showing instead its wrinkles and gray roots.
She had warned Tara repeatedly about making a public spectacle of herself and flouting Centaine was a perilous business, for she was not only Tara's stepmother but her mother-in-law as well, and the doyenne of the Courtney family and fortune.
Anthony Pelletier, the doyenne of Hobe Sound, was the arbiter of all social d.