doyenne
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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
I wish “The ABCs of Book Banning,” boasting the first directing credit from longtime doc doyenne Sheila Nevins, were more focused in its outrage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Annette, who looked decidedly sulky, approached the cushion, bent down, and rather abruptly snatched the amazed doyenne of the Pekinese from her voluptuous reveries.
From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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