Usually means: Eminent woman of considerable influence.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. grande dame: Merriam-Webster
  2. grande dame: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grande dame: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. grande dame: Collins English Dictionary
  5. grande dame: Vocabulary.com
  6. grande dame: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. grande dame: Wiktionary
  8. grande dame: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. grande dame: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. grande dame: Dictionary.com
  11. Grande dame: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. grande dame: Rhymezone
  13. grande dame: FreeDictionary.org
  14. grande dame: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. grande dame: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grande dame: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grande dame)

noun:  A woman who is high-ranking, socially prominent, or has a dignified character, especially one who is advanced in age and haughty.
noun:  A woman who is accomplished and influential, and is a respected senior figure in a particular field; a doyenne.
noun:  (figurative) A very highly regarded and well-known institution or structure, or large conveyance such as a ship.

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