doyenne
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Shares in Parisian handbag doyenne Hermes fell sharply last week after it booked a sales drop the company blamed partly on fewer Middle Eastern travelers splurging in its European boutiques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Many of them were barely in school when the doyenne of Paris fashion took over menswear at Hermes in 1988 with instructions from then company boss Jean-Louis Dumas to run it "like your small company".
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
And there will be several books too, one of them co-authored by Helen Garner, a doyenne of modern Australian literature.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Surely some people will recoil at my likening Meghan’s efforts to those of Queen Martha, doyenne of gracious living and doing everything yourself.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Madame la doyenne was so overcome that for a moment speech left her.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
These women were not winsome objects of fascination briefly capturing the popular imagination, but doyennes of resourcefulness and stamina.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Expect all the Fellowes tropes — sharp-tongued society doyennes, squandered family fortunes, nouveau-riche strivers — delivered with an American accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Radziwill’s world was inhabited by doyennes of high society, artistic celebrities, fashion moguls and wealthy, prominent husbands - including one whose royal status made her a real-life princess.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2019
One of the District’s most well-known drag doyennes, Lee hosted Nellie’s Sports Bar’s drag brunch for years before launching her own cabaret program in February.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
The dachshund's supporters seem similarly eager to dispel the notion that the low-slung dogs are merely accessories of Park Avenue doyennes.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2012
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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