doyenne

Example Sentences

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Dame Vivienne Westwood, who has died at the age of 81, was the provocative doyenne of British fashion who married the anti-establishment ethos of punk with the flamboyance of high fashion.

From BBC

Put drag queens on his runway next to Park Avenue doyennes.

From New York Times

If there were a shortcut, the school’s doyennes probably would’ve figured it out by now.

From Washington Post

These women were not winsome objects of fascination briefly capturing the popular imagination, but doyennes of resourcefulness and stamina.

From New York Times

But like those doyennes of yore, she is kind of fabulous.

From New York Times