doyennenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/dɔɪˈen//dwaɪˈen/us/dɔɪˈen//dwaɪˈen/the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected woman involved in a particular type of work:
The party was held in honour of Vivienne Westwood, that doyenne of British fashion.
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Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskers idiom
- big fish/gun/noise/shot/wheel idiom
- big hitter
- fat cat
- high up
- high-level
- high-powered
- high-ranking
- honcho
- kingpin
- mogul
- of the moment idiom
- personage
- superior
- superiority
- the big boys
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall idiom
- the grand old man of sth idiom
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