doyenne
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As if ecological devastation weren’t enough, Bug and Aurelia must also deal with the machinations of the disembodied Technalis ruler, Doyenne, a featureless head floating above her lair.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Is it also conceivable that she is the Doyenne of Mediocrity?
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2018
Doyenne Marie Dressler does a double take and replies, “Oh, my dear, that’s something you need never worry about.”
From Time • Nov. 1, 2011
Doyenne of Shopping Life on the road sounds sybaritic, but to those who live it, it is hectic and wearying.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Countess Karolyi doesn't come, I am the Doyenne, and shall have to go in first, led by Sir Francis Seymour.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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