the most respected or most experienced woman member of a group or profession 地位最高的女子;资格最老的女子 Martha Graham, the doyenne of American modern dance 玛莎 · 格雷厄姆——美国现代舞之母
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, feminine of doyen from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’.