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- noun Plural form of
doyenne .
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Examples
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Disco doyennes Sister Sledge and Maxine Nightingale share the bill.
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All thanks to Linda and the other doyennes of technological progress such as Marylin Chambers, Traci Lords and the ineffable (actually, very effable) Nina Hartley.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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The most recent collision of interests has been serendipitous for all three doyennes of Chicago comedy.
Adrian Margaret Brune: A Tale of Two Sisters: Jill and Faith Soloway, Collaborators, Partners, Emmy Writers Adrian Margaret Brune 2011
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Like so many fashion industry powerhouse doyennes of her era, Daché was a rags-to-riches icon: arriving in America in 1924 with thirteen dollars in her pocket (or so the story goes), she saw a sign in a window on a shop on Broadway saying "Milliner Wanted," and history was set in motion.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE SERIES: Lilly Daché (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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The most recent collision of interests has been serendipitous for all three doyennes of Chicago comedy.
Adrian Margaret Brune: A Tale of Two Sisters: Jill and Faith Soloway, Collaborators, Partners, Emmy Writers Adrian Margaret Brune 2011
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The most recent collision of interests has been serendipitous for all three doyennes of Chicago comedy.
Adrian Margaret Brune: A Tale of Two Sisters: Jill and Faith Soloway, Collaborators, Partners, Emmy Writers Adrian Margaret Brune 2011
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Oh, we still drink: why, we're doyennes of vintage cocktails.
Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011
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Oh, we still drink: why, we're doyennes of vintage cocktails.
Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011
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The doyennes of the media have, however, taken a different line.
Television 2009
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Like so many fashion industry powerhouse doyennes of her era, Daché was a rags-to-riches icon: arriving in America in 1924 with thirteen dollars in her pocket (or so the story goes), she saw a sign in a window on a shop on Broadway saying "Milliner Wanted," and history was set in motion.
Lesley M. M. Blume: ICON OF STYLE SERIES: Lilly Daché (PHOTOS) Lesley M. M. Blume 2010
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