Usually means: Experienced, respected senior woman expert.
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  1. doyenne: Merriam-Webster
  2. doyenne: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doyenne: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doyenne: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doyenne: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doyenne, doyenne: Wordnik
  7. doyenne: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. doyenne: Wiktionary
  9. doyenne: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. doyenne: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. doyenne: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. doyenne: Dictionary.com
  13. Doyenne: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. doyenne: Rhymezone
  15. doyenne: FreeDictionary.org
  16. doyenne: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. doyenne: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. doyenne: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. doyenne: A Word A Day
  2. doyenne: Wordcraft Dictionary

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noun:  A female doyen.
noun:  The senior or eldest female member of a group, especially one who is most or highly respected.
noun:  A woman who is highly experienced and knowledgeable in a particular field, subject, or line of work; expert

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