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doyenne
  1. A female doyen.
  2. The senior or eldest female member of a group, especially one who is most or highly respected.
  3. A woman who is highly experienced and knowledgeable in a particular field, subject, or line of work; expert
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The project's director is a doyenne of progressive-education pedagogy in America.”
      “She is executive director of the Institute for New Media Studies and the doyenne of digital storytelling.”
      “But if she became a doyenne in her chosen field, she never quite lost touch with her love affair with the opposite end of the lens.”
doyen
  1. (obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
  2. The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
  3. (colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “At 59, he is the doyen of UK experts on healthcare law and ethics.”
      “A doyen of modern Tamil drama assures that teachers, by learning theatre art, can make academic activities enchanting.”
      “Above all, his writings and his leadership made him the undoubted doyen of British railway historians.”
doyennes
  1. plural of doyenne
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Once tailor made for the doyennes of chic, high-fashion magazines served up haute couture that only an elite few could actually afford.”
      “Even being surrounded by noisy, bustling society doyennes can't disturb the older woman's serene charm.”
      “The title track is unashamedly in the mould of the current doyennes of the mainstream.”
doyens
  1. plural of doyen
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This May will see the seventh edition of the music festival, once again bringing doyens of the field to the Capital.”
      “In their place let me suggest those doyens of classical economics Adam Smith and von Mises.”
      “The news of the announcement from the Press Academy that it will honour five doyens of the profession has stirred up old memories.”
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