"doyenne" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-doyenne.wav Forms: doyennes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Borrowed from French doyenne. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|doyenne}} French doyenne Head templates: {{en-noun}} doyenne (plural doyennes)
  1. A female doyen. Categories (topical): People Translations (female doyen): doyenne [feminine] (French), специали́стка (specialístka) [feminine] (Russian), профессиона́лка (professionálka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-doyenne-en-noun-Lv9R6zC7 Disambiguation of People: 49 12 39 Disambiguation of 'female doyen': 80 18 1
  2. The senior or eldest female member of a group, especially one who is most or highly respected.
    Sense id: en-doyenne-en-noun-Hiwiv0yZ
  3. A woman who is highly experienced and knowledgeable in a particular field, subject, or line of work; expert Categories (topical): Leaders
    Sense id: en-doyenne-en-noun-fkGDjOjc Disambiguation of Leaders: 38 10 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 6 63 7 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 75 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 13 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 10 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grande dame Translations (oldest female in group): doyenne [feminine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'oldest female in group': 49 46 5

Inflected forms

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