doyenne
/ˈdɔɪɛn/ /dɔɪˈɛn
/ /dwʌˈjɛn/noun
The most respected or prominent woman in a particular field: she became a doyenne of the London Irish music scene...
- But if she became a doyenne in her chosen field, she never quite lost touch with her love affair with the opposite end of the lens.
- She talks to the former doyenne of daytime TV about her comeback.
- She has become the doyenne of historical fiction in this country.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French, feminine of doyen (see doyen).
- overcome
- overcomer
- overcomingly
- overcommit
- overcommitment
- overcommon
- overcompensate
- overcompensatingly
- overcompensation
- overcompensatory
- overcomplicate
- overcompound
- over-compounded
- overcompounding
- overconfidence
- overconfident
- overconfidently
- overconsolidated
- overconsolidation
- overconsumption
- overcook
- overcool
- overcooled
- overcooling
- overcorrect