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DOYENNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doyenne mean? 

DOYENNE (noun)
  The noun DOYENNE has 1 sense:

1. a woman who is the senior member of a groupplay

  Familiarity information: DOYENNE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOYENNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who is the senior member of a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("doyenne" is a kind of...):

elder; senior (a person who is older than you are)


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