‖ doyenne2
[See doyen 2.]
A female doyen; the leading or senior woman in a group, society, etc.
| 1905 A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love II. i. 104 That stately dowager, that impeccable doyenne of serious English fiction. 1926 A. Huxley Let. 10 Aug. (1969) 272 Anita Loos..is the doyenne of Hollywood. 1958 Times 24 Nov. p. xvi/5 The doyenne of this group is that assiduous and deservedly popular writer Mazo de la Roche. 1959 P. Bull I know the Face i. 13 Miss Elsie Fogerty, the doyenne of The Central School of Dramatic Art. |