Word of the Day – Doyenne

• Noun:  Doyenne – feminine form of the French word doyen
  1. The senior member of a body or group
  2. a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor
  3. the oldest example of a category
• Synonyms:
  1. old hand
  2. old-timer
  3. stager
  4. vet
  5. veteran
  6. warhorse
• Usage:
  1. “While playing a game with Drew Barrymore on her daytime talk show, the lifestyle doyenne was asked to wave flags to a series of dating questions – green for yes, red for no and yellow for being on the fence. Asked if she would date a man with as many tattoos as Davidson, Stewart waved the green flag.”
• Encountered:
  1. While reading the CNN article: Martha Stewart responds to those wanting her to date Pete Davidson
     

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