doyenne

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So your doyenne is not going to jump to any conclusions.

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  • A doyenne, one of the Keldon matriarchs strutted imperiously around the site overseeing the project The females oversaw everything which was not associated directly with warfare Slaves worked to burst away some remaining outcrop-pings The dark gray rock was collected and then moved by colos to the building pile used by the Keldon builders. —  Loren L
  • Body language could tell you at a glance who was dominant between any two warlords or any two doyenne, except that those positions could change at any time through design or simple misfortune. —  Loren L
  • But the stock-dumping doyenne is no match for the real mother of all brewing financial scandals. —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • Jasmine France is CNET's resident digital audio doyenne, writing and editing product reviews, crave blogs, and feature stories on all things MP3.
  • Chère doyenne, is it me or was this review a tad shorter than the Rezensionen you wrote for GCN? —  parterre box
 

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  1. French, feminine of doyen, senior member; see doyen.
 

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